ballán

See also: ballan and Ballan

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈbˠʊl̪ˠɑːn/[1] (corresponding to the form bullán)
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbˠal̪ˠanˠ/, /ˈbˠal̪ˠan̪ˠ/

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
singular plural
nominative ballán balláin
vocative a bhalláin a bhallána
genitive balláin ballán
dative ballán balláin
forms with the definite article
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

Mutated forms of ballán
radical lenition eclipsis
ballán bhallán mballán

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 58

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