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Baltach

Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From An (Mhuir) Bhailt (“The Baltic (Sea)”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

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Baltach (genitive singular masculine Baltaigh, genitive singular feminine Baltaí, plural Baltacha, not comparable)

  1. Baltic (a sea in Northern Europe)

Declension

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Declension of Baltach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative Baltach Bhaltach Baltacha;
Bhaltacha2
vocative Bhaltaigh Baltacha
genitive Baltaí Baltacha Baltach
dative Baltach;
Bhaltach1 		Bhaltach;
Bhaltaigh (archaic) 		Baltacha;
Bhaltacha2
Comparative níos Baltaí
Superlative is Baltaí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of Baltach
radical lenition eclipsis
Baltach Bhaltach mBaltach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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