báille

báille

See also: baille, baillé, bâille, and bâillé

Irish

Alternative forms

• báillí (Ulster)

Etymology

From Middle French bailli, from Old French bailif, from Vulgar Latin *baiulivus. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic bàillidh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbˠɑːl̠ʲə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠæːl̠ʲiː/ (corresponding to the form báillí)

Noun

báille m (genitive singular báille, nominative plural báillí)

1. bailiff

Declension

Declension of báille

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative báille báillí Vocative a bháille a bháillí Genitive báille báillí Dative báille báillí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an báille na báillí Genitive an bháille na mbáillí Dative leis an mbáille don bháille leis na báillí

Derived terms

• báillíocht

Further reading

• “báille” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “báille”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “báille” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 48.
• "báille" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.