bailc

Irish

Alternative forms

balc (Ulster)

Etymology

From Middle Irish bailc, balc (“strength; fullness”).

Noun

bailc f (genitive singular bailce, nominative plural bailceanna)

downpour
Synonym: doirteán

bailc fearthainne ― a heavy shower

Declension

Declension of bailc

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bailc	bailceanna
Vocative	a bhailc	a bhailceanna
Genitive	bailce	bailceanna
Dative	bailc	bailceanna

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an bhailc	na bailceanna
Genitive	na bailce	na mbailceanna
Dative	leis an mbailc don bhailc	leis na bailceanna

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bailc	bhailc	mbailc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “balc”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 94
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bailc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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