bachlach

== Irish == === Pronunciation === (Kerry) IPA(key): /ˈbˠɑhəl̪ˠəx/ === Etymology 1 === ==== Adjective ==== bachlach (genitive singular masculine bachlaigh, genitive singular feminine bachlaí, plural bachlacha) alternative form of bachallach (“curly, ringleted”) ===== Inflection ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== bachlach m (genitive singular bachlaigh, nominative plural bachlaigh) alternative form of bathlach (“clumsy person; dilapidated building”) ===== Declension ===== === Mutation === === References === == Middle Irish == === Etymology === From bachall +‎ -ach. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbaxlax/, /ˈbaxləx/ === Noun === bachlach m labourer, serf, bondman clown, churl ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Irish: bathlach Scottish Gaelic: balach === Mutation === === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 bachlach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language