báille

See also: baille, baillé, bâille, and bâillé

Irish

Alternative forms

báillí (Ulster)

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): /ˈbˠæːl̠ʲiː/ (corresponding to the form báillí)

Noun

báille m (genitive singular báille, nominative plural báillí)

bailiff

Declension

Declension of báille

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	báille	báillí
Vocative	a bháille	a bháillí
Genitive	báille	báillí
Dative	báille	báillí

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an báille	na báillí
Genitive	an bháille	na mbáillí
Dative	leis an mbáille don bháille	leis na báillí

Derived terms

báillíocht

Further reading

“báille”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “báille”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “báille”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 48
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “báille”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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