balcaire

Irish

Alternative forms

• balgaire, bolcaire, falcaire

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠɑl̪ˠkəɾʲə/

Noun

balcaire m (genitive singular balcaire, nominative plural balcairí)

1. strong, stout, sturdy person or animal

Declension

Declension of balcaire

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative balcaire balcairí Vocative a bhalcaire a bhalcairí Genitive balcaire balcairí Dative balcaire balcairí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an balcaire na balcairí Genitive an bhalcaire na mbalcairí Dative leis an mbalcaire don bhalcaire leis na balcairí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
balcaire	bhalcaire	mbalcaire
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “balcaire”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “balcaire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “balcaire”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 51
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “balcaire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 20