"balb" meaning in Old Irish

See balb in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈbalβ/
Etymology: From Latin balbus. Etymology templates: {{der|sga|la|balbus}} Latin balbus Head templates: {{head|sga|adjective|||||||head=|var=}} balb, {{sga-adj}} balb Inflection templates: {{sga-decl-adj-o-a|gsm=bailb}}, {{sga-decl-adj-table|acc_f_sg=bailb|acc_m_pl=balbu balba†|acc_m_sg=balb|dat_f_sg=bailb|dat_m_sg=balb|dat_n_sg=balb|dat_pl=balbaib|gen_f_sg=bailbe|gen_m_sg=bailb|gen_n_sg=bailb|gen_pl=balb|info=o/ā-stem|nom_f_sg=balb|nom_fn_pl=balba|nom_m_pl=bailb|nom_m_sg=balb|nom_n_sg=balb|notes=*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative † not when substantivized|voc_m_pl=balbu balba†|voc_m_sg=bailb* balb**}}, {{sga-mutation}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], balb [masculine, nominative, singular], balb [feminine, nominative, singular], balb [neuter, nominative, singular], bailb [masculine, singular, vocative], balb [masculine, singular, vocative], balb [feminine, singular, vocative], balb [neuter, singular, vocative], balb [accusative, masculine, singular], bailb [accusative, feminine, singular], balb [accusative, neuter, singular], bailb [genitive, masculine, singular], bailbe [feminine, genitive, singular], bailb [genitive, neuter, singular], balb [dative, masculine, singular], bailb [dative, feminine, singular], balb [dative, neuter, singular], bailb [masculine, nominative, plural], balba [error-unrecognized-form, feminine, neuter, nominative, singular], balbu [masculine, plural, vocative], balba [masculine, plural, vocative], balba [error-unrecognized-form, feminine, neuter, singular, vocative], balbu [accusative, masculine, plural], balba [accusative, masculine, plural], balba [accusative, error-unrecognized-form, feminine, neuter, singular], balb [error-unrecognized-form, genitive], balb [genitive, masculine], balbaib [dative, error-unrecognized-form], balbaib [dative, masculine], no-table-tags [table-tags], balb [mutation, mutation-radical], balb [lenition, mutation], mbalb [error-unrecognized-form, mutation]
  1. dumb, silent
    Sense id: en-balb-sga-adj-nI9-GPFR
  2. stammering, inarticulate, murmurous (of speech)
    Sense id: en-balb-sga-adj-DUqvr24o Categories (other): Old Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old Irish entries with incorrect language header: 16 13 4 41 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 18 14 0 47 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 9 0 56 24
  3. (of water, weather) still, calm
    Sense id: en-balb-sga-adj-vEWnXual Categories (other): Weather Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences, weather

Inflected forms

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "word": "balbh"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Manx",
      "lang_code": "gv",
      "word": "balloo"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "lang_code": "gd",
      "word": "balbh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "balbus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin balbus",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin balbus.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-decl-adj-o-a",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "o/ā-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balb",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balb",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balb",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bailb",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balb",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balb",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balb",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balb",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bailb",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balb",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bailb",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bailbe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bailb",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balb",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bailb",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balb",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bailb",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balba",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "feminine",
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balbu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balba",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balba",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "feminine",
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balbu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balba",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balba",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "feminine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balb",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balb",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balbaib",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balbaib",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-mutation",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balb",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balb",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mbalb",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "mutation"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "adjective",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "head": "",
        "var": ""
      },
      "expansion": "balb",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "balb",
      "name": "sga-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "gsm": "bailb"
      },
      "name": "sga-decl-adj-o-a"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "acc_f_sg": "bailb",
        "acc_m_pl": "balbu\nbalba†",
        "acc_m_sg": "balb",
        "dat_f_sg": "bailb",
        "dat_m_sg": "balb",
        "dat_n_sg": "balb",
        "dat_pl": "balbaib",
        "gen_f_sg": "bailbe",
        "gen_m_sg": "bailb",
        "gen_n_sg": "bailb",
        "gen_pl": "balb",
        "info": "o/ā-stem",
        "nom_f_sg": "balb",
        "nom_fn_pl": "balba",
        "nom_m_pl": "bailb",
        "nom_m_sg": "balb",
        "nom_n_sg": "balb",
        "notes": "*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative\n**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative\n† not when substantivized",
        "voc_m_pl": "balbu\nbalba†",
        "voc_m_sg": "bailb*\nbalb**"
      },
      "name": "sga-decl-adj-table"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sga-mutation"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Irish",
  "lang_code": "sga",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "dumb, silent"
      ],
      "id": "en-balb-sga-adj-nI9-GPFR",
      "links": [
        [
          "dumb",
          "dumb"
        ],
        [
          "silent",
          "silent"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "16 13 4 41 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 14 0 47 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 9 0 56 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "stammering, inarticulate, murmurous (of speech)"
      ],
      "id": "en-balb-sga-adj-DUqvr24o",
      "links": [
        [
          "stammering",
          "stammering"
        ],
        [
          "inarticulate",
          "inarticulate"
        ],
        [
          "murmurous",
          "murmurous"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "sga",
          "name": "Weather",
          "orig": "sga:Weather",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "still, calm"
      ],
      "id": "en-balb-sga-adj-vEWnXual",
      "links": [
        [
          "still",
          "still"
        ],
        [
          "calm",
          "calm"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of water, weather) still, calm"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of water"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "climatology",
        "meteorology",
        "natural-sciences",
        "weather"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbalβ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "balb"
}
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    "Old Irish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old Irish lemmas",
    "Old Irish o/ā-stem adjectives",
    "Old Irish terms derived from Latin",
    "Old Irish terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "word": "balbh"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Manx",
      "lang_code": "gv",
      "word": "balloo"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "lang_code": "gd",
      "word": "balbh"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "balbus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin balbus",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin balbus.",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-decl-adj-o-a",
      "source": "declension",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "o/ā-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balb",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balb",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balb",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bailb",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balb",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balb",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balb",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balb",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bailb",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balb",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bailb",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bailbe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bailb",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balb",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bailb",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balb",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bailb",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balba",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "feminine",
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balbu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balba",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balba",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "feminine",
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balbu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balba",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balba",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "feminine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balb",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balb",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balbaib",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balbaib",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-mutation",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balb",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balb",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mbalb",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "mutation"
      ]
    }
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        "2": "adjective",
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        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "head": "",
        "var": ""
      },
      "expansion": "balb",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "balb",
      "name": "sga-adj"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "gsm": "bailb"
      },
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    },
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        "acc_m_sg": "balb",
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        "dat_m_sg": "balb",
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        "gen_f_sg": "bailbe",
        "gen_m_sg": "bailb",
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        "nom_fn_pl": "balba",
        "nom_m_pl": "bailb",
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  "lang_code": "sga",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "glosses": [
        "dumb, silent"
      ],
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        [
          "dumb",
          "dumb"
        ],
        [
          "silent",
          "silent"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "stammering, inarticulate, murmurous (of speech)"
      ],
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        [
          "stammering",
          "stammering"
        ],
        [
          "inarticulate",
          "inarticulate"
        ],
        [
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          "murmurous"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "sga:Weather"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "still, calm"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "still",
          "still"
        ],
        [
          "calm",
          "calm"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of water, weather) still, calm"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of water"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "climatology",
        "meteorology",
        "natural-sciences",
        "weather"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbalβ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "balb"
}

Download raw JSONL data for balb meaning in Old Irish (5.3kB)

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'feminine/neuter'",
  "path": [
    "balb"
  ],
  "section": "Old Irish",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "balb",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'nasalization'",
  "path": [
    "balb"
  ],
  "section": "Old Irish",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "balb",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Old Irish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-09 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (ccec6f1 and 4deed51). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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