"balach" meaning in Scottish Gaelic

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpal̪ˠəx/
Etymology: From Middle Irish bachlach (“clown, churl”). Cognate with Rathlin Irish bachlach. Etymology templates: {{inh|gd|mga|bachlach||clown, churl}} Middle Irish bachlach (“clown, churl”), {{m|ga|bachlach}} bachlach Head templates: {{head|gd|noun|||||||genitive singular|balaich|||||||plural|balaich||||||{{{pl4}}}|cat2=|f1accel-form=dat|s|f2accel-form=dat|s|f3accel-form=dat|s|f4accel-form=gen|s|f5accel-form=gen|s|f6accel-form=gen|s|f7accel-form=p|f8accel-form=p|f9accel-form=p|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} balach m (genitive singular balaich, plural balaich), {{gd-noun|g=m|gen=balaich|pl=balaich}} balach m (genitive singular balaich, plural balaich) Inflection templates: {{gd-decl-noun-m1|b|alach|alaich}}, {{gd-decl-noun-table|balach|balaich|balach|balaich|bhalach|balaich; balachaibh*|balach|bhalaich|bhalach|bhalaich|balaich|balach|balaich; balachaibh*|bhalacha|*obsolete form, was used until the 19th century|artdat=a'|artgen=a'|artnom=am|artpl=nam|type=type I masculine noun}}, {{gd-mut-cons|b|alach}} Forms: balaich [genitive, singular], balaich [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], balach [indefinite, nominative, singular], balaich [indefinite, nominative, plural], balaich [genitive, indefinite, singular], bhalach [genitive, indefinite, plural], balach [dative, indefinite, singular], balaich [dative, indefinite, plural], balachaibh [dative, indefinite, plural], balach [definite, nominative, singular], am balach [definite, nominative, singular], balaich [definite, nominative, plural], na balaich [definite, nominative, plural], (a') bhalaich [definite, genitive, singular], balach [definite, genitive, plural], nam balach [definite, genitive, plural], (a') bhalach [dative, definite, singular], balaich [dative, definite, plural], na balaich [dative, definite, plural], balachaibh [dative, definite, plural], bhalaich [definite, singular, vocative], a bhalaich [definite, singular, vocative], bhalacha [definite, plural, vocative], a bhalacha [definite, plural, vocative], no-table-tags [table-tags], balach [mutation, mutation-radical], bhalach [lenition, mutation]
  1. boy, lad Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Male people Synonyms (boy): gille Hyponyms (boy): hyponyms under gille
    Sense id: en-balach-gd-noun-5GNh4AeY Disambiguation of Male people: 57 43 Disambiguation of 'boy': 100 0 Disambiguation of 'boy': 100 0
  2. (card games) jack Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Card games
    Sense id: en-balach-gd-noun-MWERWefm Categories (other): Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header: 8 92 Topics: card-games, games
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: balachail, balachan, balachan-sgoile

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for balach meaning in Scottish Gaelic (5.9kB)

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "balachail"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "balachan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "balachan-sgoile"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "mga",
        "3": "bachlach",
        "4": "",
        "5": "clown, churl"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Irish bachlach (“clown, churl”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "bachlach"
      },
      "expansion": "bachlach",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Irish bachlach (“clown, churl”). Cognate with Rathlin Irish bachlach.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "balaich",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balaich",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gd-decl-noun-m1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "I masculine noun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balaich",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balaich",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhalach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balaich",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balachaibh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "am balach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balaich",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na balaich",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "(a') bhalaich",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nam balach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "(a') bhalach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balaich",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na balaich",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balachaibh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhalaich",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a bhalaich",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhalacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a bhalacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gd-mut-cons",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhalach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "10": "balaich",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "plural",
        "18": "balaich",
        "19": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "20": "",
        "21": "",
        "22": "",
        "23": "",
        "24": "{{{pl4}}}",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "genitive singular",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1accel-form": "dat|s",
        "f2accel-form": "dat|s",
        "f3accel-form": "dat|s",
        "f4accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f5accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f6accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f7accel-form": "p",
        "f8accel-form": "p",
        "f9accel-form": "p",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "balach m (genitive singular balaich, plural balaich)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "gen": "balaich",
        "pl": "balaich"
      },
      "expansion": "balach m (genitive singular balaich, plural balaich)",
      "name": "gd-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ba‧lach"
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "b",
        "2": "alach",
        "3": "alaich"
      },
      "name": "gd-decl-noun-m1"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "balach",
        "10": "bhalaich",
        "11": "balaich",
        "12": "balach",
        "13": "balaich; balachaibh*",
        "14": "bhalacha",
        "15": "*obsolete form, was used until the 19th century",
        "2": "balaich",
        "3": "balach",
        "4": "balaich",
        "5": "bhalach",
        "6": "balaich; balachaibh*",
        "7": "balach",
        "8": "bhalaich",
        "9": "bhalach",
        "artdat": "a'",
        "artgen": "a'",
        "artnom": "am",
        "artpl": "nam",
        "type": "type I masculine noun"
      },
      "name": "gd-decl-noun-table"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "b",
        "2": "alach"
      },
      "name": "gd-mut-cons"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
  "lang_code": "gd",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "57 43",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "gd",
          "name": "Male people",
          "orig": "gd:Male people",
          "parents": [
            "Male",
            "People",
            "Gender",
            "Human",
            "Biology",
            "Psychology",
            "Sociology",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Social sciences",
            "Fundamental",
            "Society"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "boy, lad"
      ],
      "hyponyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "sense": "boy",
          "word": "hyponyms under gille"
        }
      ],
      "id": "en-balach-gd-noun-5GNh4AeY",
      "links": [
        [
          "boy",
          "boy"
        ],
        [
          "lad",
          "lad"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "sense": "boy",
          "word": "gille"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "gd",
          "name": "Card games",
          "orig": "gd:Card games",
          "parents": [
            "Games",
            "Recreation",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 92",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "jack"
      ],
      "id": "en-balach-gd-noun-MWERWefm",
      "links": [
        [
          "card game",
          "card game"
        ],
        [
          "jack",
          "jack"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(card games) jack"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "card-games",
        "games"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpal̪ˠəx/"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Rathlin Island#Irish language"
  ],
  "word": "balach"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Scottish Gaelic first-declension nouns",
    "Scottish Gaelic lemmas",
    "Scottish Gaelic masculine nouns",
    "Scottish Gaelic nouns",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Middle Irish",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Middle Irish",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "gd-noun 2",
    "gd:Male people"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "balachail"
    },
    {
      "word": "balachan"
    },
    {
      "word": "balachan-sgoile"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "mga",
        "3": "bachlach",
        "4": "",
        "5": "clown, churl"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Irish bachlach (“clown, churl”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "bachlach"
      },
      "expansion": "bachlach",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Irish bachlach (“clown, churl”). Cognate with Rathlin Irish bachlach.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "balaich",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balaich",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gd-decl-noun-m1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "I masculine noun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balaich",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balaich",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhalach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balaich",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balachaibh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "am balach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balaich",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na balaich",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "(a') bhalaich",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nam balach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "(a') bhalach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balaich",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na balaich",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balachaibh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhalaich",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a bhalaich",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhalacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a bhalacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gd-mut-cons",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "balach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhalach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "10": "balaich",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "plural",
        "18": "balaich",
        "19": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "20": "",
        "21": "",
        "22": "",
        "23": "",
        "24": "{{{pl4}}}",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "genitive singular",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1accel-form": "dat|s",
        "f2accel-form": "dat|s",
        "f3accel-form": "dat|s",
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        "f5accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f6accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f7accel-form": "p",
        "f8accel-form": "p",
        "f9accel-form": "p",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
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      "name": "head"
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        "g": "m",
        "gen": "balaich",
        "pl": "balaich"
      },
      "expansion": "balach m (genitive singular balaich, plural balaich)",
      "name": "gd-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ba‧lach"
  ],
  "hyponyms": [
    {
      "sense": "boy",
      "word": "hyponyms under gille"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "b",
        "2": "alach",
        "3": "alaich"
      },
      "name": "gd-decl-noun-m1"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "balach",
        "10": "bhalaich",
        "11": "balaich",
        "12": "balach",
        "13": "balaich; balachaibh*",
        "14": "bhalacha",
        "15": "*obsolete form, was used until the 19th century",
        "2": "balaich",
        "3": "balach",
        "4": "balaich",
        "5": "bhalach",
        "6": "balaich; balachaibh*",
        "7": "balach",
        "8": "bhalaich",
        "9": "bhalach",
        "artdat": "a'",
        "artgen": "a'",
        "artnom": "am",
        "artpl": "nam",
        "type": "type I masculine noun"
      },
      "name": "gd-decl-noun-table"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "b",
        "2": "alach"
      },
      "name": "gd-mut-cons"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
  "lang_code": "gd",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "boy, lad"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "boy",
          "boy"
        ],
        [
          "lad",
          "lad"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "gd:Card games"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "jack"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "card game",
          "card game"
        ],
        [
          "jack",
          "jack"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(card games) jack"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "card-games",
        "games"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpal̪ˠəx/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "boy",
      "word": "gille"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Rathlin Island#Irish language"
  ],
  "word": "balach"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Scottish Gaelic dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-30 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (210104c and c9440ce). 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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