bailbhe
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Irish
Etymology 1
From Old Irish bailbe, balbae f (“silence, stillness; inarticulateness, stammering”).
Noun
bailbhe f (genitive singular bailbhe)
- dumbness, muteness; stammering
- Synonyms: bailbheacht, bailbhíocht, balbhántaíocht
Declension
Declension of bailbhe
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Alternative forms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
bailbhe
- inflection of balbh (“dumb, mute; inarticulate; dull; silent”):
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| bailbhe | bhailbhe | mbailbhe |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “bailbhe”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bailbhe”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “balbae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language