ballach

== Irish == === Etymology === From Old Irish ballach. By surface analysis, ball (“spot, mark”) +‎ -ach. === Pronunciation === (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈbˠal̪ˠəx/ (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbˠal̪ˠa(x)/ Hyphenation: bal‧lach === Adjective === ballach (genitive singular masculine ballaigh, genitive singular feminine ballaí, plural ballacha, comparative ballaí) spotted, blotchy, dappled, mottled, speckled ==== Declension ==== === Noun === ballach m (genitive singular ballaigh, nominative plural ballaigh) wrasse ==== Declension ==== === Mutation === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “ballach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ballach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “ballach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm “ballach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026 == Scottish Gaelic == === Etymology === From Old Irish ballach. By surface analysis, ball (“spot, mark”) +‎ -ach. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpal̪ˠəx/ Hyphenation: bal‧lach === Adjective === ballach spotted, speckled, variegated ==== Derived terms ==== fiabhras-ballach === Mutation === === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ballach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language