balbhán

== Irish == === Etymology === From Middle Irish *balbán (compare Scottish Gaelic balbhan), synchronically balbh (“dumb, mute; inarticulate; dull; silent”) +‎ -án. === Pronunciation === (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbˠɔlˠəwanˠ/, /ˈbˠɔl̪ˠəwan̪ˠ/ (as if spelled bolbhán) === Noun === balbhán m (genitive singular balbháin, nominative plural balbháin) dumb person, mute silent person stammerer (card games) dummy ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== balbhán béice m (“puffball”) ==== Related terms ==== balbhántaíocht f (“dumbness, muteness; stammering”) === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “balbhán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “balbán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language