ballraíocht

Irish

Etymology

From ballra (“members”) +‎ -aí +‎ -acht.

Noun

ballraíocht f (genitive singular ballraíochta)

1. membership

   Synonym: comhaltas

2. composition (of government)

Declension

Declension of ballraíocht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative ballraíocht vocative a bhallraíocht genitive ballraíochta dative ballraíocht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an bhallraíocht genitive na ballraíochta dative leis an mballraíocht don bhallraíocht

Mutation

Mutated forms of ballraíocht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
ballraíocht	bhallraíocht	mballraíocht

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