FromMiddle Irishbailc,balc(“strength; fullness”), fromProto-Celtic*balko-, fromProto-Indo-European*bel-(“strength”), see alsoSanskritबल(bala,“power, strength”),Ancient Greekβελτίων(beltíōn,“better”).[1]
bailc f (genitive singularbailce,nominative pluralbailceanna)
- downpour
- Synonym:doirteán
- bailc fearthainne ―a heavy shower
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “balc”, inFoclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society,page94
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “bailc”, inFoclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm,→ISBN