ballán

ballán

See also: ballan and Ballan

Irish

Alternative forms

• bullán

Etymology

From Middle Irish ballán, perhaps from ball (“organ”).

Pronunciation

• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠʊl̪ˠɑːn/[1] (corresponding to the form bullán)

Noun

ballán m (genitive singular balláin, nominative plural balláin)

1. drinking vessel
2. cup-shaped hole in a rock
3. teat, pap

Declension

Declension of ballán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative ballán balláin Vocative a bhalláin a bhallána Genitive balláin ballán Dative ballán balláin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an ballán na balláin Genitive an bhalláin na mballán Dative leis an mballán don bhallán leis na balláin

Derived terms

• banbh balláin (“suckling pig”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ballán	bhallán	mballán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “ballán” 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), “ballán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “ballán” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 51.

References

1. Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 58.