balb
Catalan
Adjective
balb (feminine balba, masculine plural balbs, feminine plural balbes)
- (archaic) stammering
- numb
Derived terms
- balbejar
- balbís
- balbotejar
Related terms
Further reading
- “balb” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /balv/
Adjective
balb
- dumb, silent
- stammering, inarticulate, murmurous (of speech)
- (of water, weather) still, calm
Declension
| o/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | balb | balb | balb |
| Vocative | bailb* balb** | ||
| Accusative | balb | bailb | |
| Genitive | bailb | bailbe | bailb |
| Dative | balb | bailb | balb |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | |
| Nominative | bailb | balba | |
| Vocative | balbu balba† | ||
| Accusative | balbu balba† | ||
| Genitive | balb | ||
| Dative | balbaib | ||
| Notes | *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative | ||
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| balb | balb pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/ |
mbalb |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “balb”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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