balcaire
Irish
Alternative forms
- balgaire, bolcaire, falcaire
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈbˠɑl̪ˠkəɾʲə/
Noun
balcaire m (genitive singular balcaire, nominative plural balcairí)
- strong, stout, sturdy person or animal
Declension
Declension of balcaire
Fourth declension
Bare forms
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Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
balcaire | bhalcaire | mbalcaire |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- “balcaire” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “balcaire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- “balcaire” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 51.
- "balcaire" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 20