Baile Átha Cliath

Irish

Alternative forms
  • Bleá Cliath (pronunciation spelling)

Etymology

Literally, “town of the hurdled ford”

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Baile Átha Cliath m (genitive Baile Átha Cliath) (abbreviated BAC, BÁC)

  1. Dublin (the capital city of Ireland)
  2. Dublin (a county of Ireland)
    Synonyms: Contae Bhaile Átha Cliath, Contae Átha Cliath

Derived terms
  • Baile Átha Cliathach (“Dubliner”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
Baile Átha Cliath Bhaile Átha Cliath mBaile Átha Cliath
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 46
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