"balbh" meaning in Irish

See balbh in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈbˠɑl̪ˠəvˠ/ [Munster], /ˈbˠɑləvˠ/ [Galway], /ˈbˠalˠəvˠ/ [Galway], /ˈbˠalˠuː/ [Mayo], /ˈbˠɔlˠu(ː)/ [Ulster]
Etymology: From Old Irish balb, from Latin balbus. Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|sga|balb}} Old Irish balb, {{der|ga|la|balbus}} Latin balbus, {{ref|<span class="cited-source">Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (<span class="None" lang="und">2019), “balb”, in <cite>eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language</cite></span></span>}} Head templates: {{head|ga|adjective|genitive singular masculine|bailbh|genitive singular feminine|bailbhe||{{{gsf2}}}|plural|balbha||{{{pl2}}}|comparative|bailbhe|||head=|var=}} balbh (genitive singular masculine bailbh, genitive singular feminine bailbhe, plural balbha, comparative bailbhe), {{ga-adj|comp=bailbhe|gsf=bailbhe|gsm=bailbh|pl=balbha}} balbh (genitive singular masculine bailbh, genitive singular feminine bailbhe, plural balbha, comparative bailbhe) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: bailbh [genitive, masculine, singular], bailbhe [feminine, genitive, singular], balbha [plural], bailbhe [comparative], no-table-tags [table-tags], balbh [masculine, nominative, singular], bhalbh [feminine, nominative, singular], balbha [error-unrecognized-form, nominative, plural], bhalbha [error-unrecognized-form, nominative, plural], bhailbh [masculine, singular, vocative], bhalbh [feminine, singular, vocative], balbha [error-unrecognized-form, plural, vocative], bhailbh [genitive, masculine, singular], bailbhe [feminine, genitive, singular], balbha [error-unrecognized-form, genitive, plural], balbh [error-unrecognized-form, genitive, plural], balbh [dative, masculine, singular], bhalbh [dative, masculine, singular], bhalbh [dative, feminine, singular], bhailbh [archaic, dative, feminine, singular], balbha [dative, error-unrecognized-form, plural], bhalbha [dative, error-unrecognized-form, plural], níos bailbhe [comparative, error-unrecognized-form], is bailbhe [error-unrecognized-form, superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], balbh [error-unrecognized-form], bhalbh [lenition], mbalbh [eclipsis]
  1. mute, dumb Synonyms: maon
    Sense id: en-balbh-ga-adj-PwGagjlv Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 80 17 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 75 8 0 17 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 86 4 0 9 0
  2. inarticulate
    Sense id: en-balbh-ga-adj-upj75txo
  3. dull (of sound)
    Sense id: en-balbh-ga-adj-bR9WgqKR
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: balbhán (english: dumb person, mute; stammerer) [masculine]

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "dumb person, mute; stammerer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "translation": "dumb person, mute; stammerer",
      "word": "balbhán"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "balb",
      "balb#Old_Irish"
    ],
    [
      "balbus",
      "balbus#Latin"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "balb"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish balb",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "balbus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin balbus",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "<span class=\"cited-source\">Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (<span class=\"None\" lang=\"und\">2019), “balb”, in <cite>eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language</cite></span></span>"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "ref"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish balb, from Latin balbus.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bailbh",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bailbhe",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balbha",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bailbhe",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balbh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhalbh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balbha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhalbha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhailbh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhalbh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balbha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhailbh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bailbhe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balbha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balbh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balbh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhalbh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhalbh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhailbh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balbha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhalbha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "níos bailbhe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "is bailbhe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balbh",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhalbh",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mbalbh",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "eclipsis"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "balbha",
        "11": "",
        "12": "{{{pl2}}}",
        "13": "comparative",
        "14": "bailbhe",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "adjective",
        "3": "genitive singular masculine",
        "4": "bailbh",
        "5": "genitive singular feminine",
        "6": "bailbhe",
        "7": "",
        "8": "{{{gsf2}}}",
        "9": "plural",
        "head": "",
        "var": ""
      },
      "expansion": "balbh (genitive singular masculine bailbh, genitive singular feminine bailbhe, plural balbha, comparative bailbhe)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "comp": "bailbhe",
        "gsf": "bailbhe",
        "gsm": "bailbh",
        "pl": "balbha"
      },
      "expansion": "balbh (genitive singular masculine bailbh, genitive singular feminine bailbhe, plural balbha, comparative bailbhe)",
      "name": "ga-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "80 17 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "75 8 0 17 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "86 4 0 9 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mute, dumb"
      ],
      "id": "en-balbh-ga-adj-PwGagjlv",
      "links": [
        [
          "mute",
          "mute"
        ],
        [
          "dumb",
          "dumb"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "maon"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "inarticulate"
      ],
      "id": "en-balbh-ga-adj-upj75txo",
      "links": [
        [
          "inarticulate",
          "inarticulate"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "dull (of sound)"
      ],
      "id": "en-balbh-ga-adj-bR9WgqKR",
      "links": [
        [
          "dull",
          "dull"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbˠɑl̪ˠəvˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbˠɑləvˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Galway"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbˠalˠəvˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Galway"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbˠalˠuː/",
      "tags": [
        "Mayo"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbˠɔlˠu(ː)/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "balbh"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Irish adjectives",
    "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Irish lemmas",
    "Irish terms derived from Latin",
    "Irish terms derived from Old Irish",
    "Irish terms inherited from Old Irish",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "dumb person, mute; stammerer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "translation": "dumb person, mute; stammerer",
      "word": "balbhán"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "balb",
      "balb#Old_Irish"
    ],
    [
      "balbus",
      "balbus#Latin"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "balb"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish balb",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "balbus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin balbus",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "<span class=\"cited-source\">Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (<span class=\"None\" lang=\"und\">2019), “balb”, in <cite>eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language</cite></span></span>"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "ref"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish balb, from Latin balbus.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bailbh",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bailbhe",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balbha",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bailbhe",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balbh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhalbh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balbha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhalbha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhailbh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhalbh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balbha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhailbh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bailbhe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balbha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balbh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balbh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhalbh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhalbh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhailbh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balbha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhalbha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "níos bailbhe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "is bailbhe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balbh",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhalbh",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mbalbh",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "eclipsis"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "balbha",
        "11": "",
        "12": "{{{pl2}}}",
        "13": "comparative",
        "14": "bailbhe",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "adjective",
        "3": "genitive singular masculine",
        "4": "bailbh",
        "5": "genitive singular feminine",
        "6": "bailbhe",
        "7": "",
        "8": "{{{gsf2}}}",
        "9": "plural",
        "head": "",
        "var": ""
      },
      "expansion": "balbh (genitive singular masculine bailbh, genitive singular feminine bailbhe, plural balbha, comparative bailbhe)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "comp": "bailbhe",
        "gsf": "bailbhe",
        "gsm": "bailbh",
        "pl": "balbha"
      },
      "expansion": "balbh (genitive singular masculine bailbh, genitive singular feminine bailbhe, plural balbha, comparative bailbhe)",
      "name": "ga-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "mute, dumb"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mute",
          "mute"
        ],
        [
          "dumb",
          "dumb"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "maon"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "inarticulate"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "inarticulate",
          "inarticulate"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "dull (of sound)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dull",
          "dull"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbˠɑl̪ˠəvˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbˠɑləvˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Galway"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbˠalˠəvˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Galway"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbˠalˠuː/",
      "tags": [
        "Mayo"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbˠɔlˠu(ː)/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "balbh"
}

Download raw JSONL data for balbh meaning in Irish (4.9kB)

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'strong noun'",
  "path": [
    "balbh"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "balbh",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'weak noun'",
  "path": [
    "balbh"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "balbh",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: balbh/Irish 'radical' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
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  "section": "Irish",
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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.