báille

See also: baille, baillé, bâille, and bâillé

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle French bailli, from Old French bailif, from Vulgar Latin *baiulivus. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic bàillidh.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbˠɑːl̠ʲə/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbˠaːl̠ʲiː/[2] (corresponding to the form báillí)

Noun

báille m (genitive singular báille, nominative plural báillí)

  1. bailiff

Declension

Declension of báille (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative báille báillí
vocative a bháille a bháillí
genitive báille báillí
dative báille báillí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an báille na báillí
genitive an bháille na mbáillí
dative leis an mbáille
don bháille 		leis na báillí

Derived terms

  • báillíocht

References

  1. ^ “báille”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 196

Further reading

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