bailé

See also: baile

Asturian

Verb

bailé

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of bailar

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English ballet, from French, from Italian balletto.

Noun

bailé m (genitive singular bailé, nominative plural bailéanna)

1. ballet

Declension

Declension of bailé (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative bailé bailéanna vocative a bhailé a bhailéanna genitive bailé bailéanna dative bailé bailéanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an bailé na bailéanna genitive an bhailé na mbailéanna dative leis an mbailé don bhailé leis na bailéanna

Derived terms

• cailín bailé (“ballerina”, literally “ballet-girl”)
• ceol bailé (“ballet-music”)
• damhsóir bailé, rinceoir bailé (“ballet-dancer”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of bailé

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bailé	bhailé	mbailé

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bailé”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “bailé”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “bailé”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baiˈle/ [bai̯ˈle]
• Rhymes: -e
• Syllabification: bai‧lé

Verb

bailé

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of bailar