Balcáin

See also: balcáin

Irish

Etymology

Of Turkic origin. Compare Turkish balkan (“wooded mountain range”).

Proper noun

Na Balcáin m pl (genitive na mBalcán)

the Balkans
Synonyms: An Leithinis Bhalcánach, Na Stáit Bhalcánacha

Derived terms

Terms derived from Balcáin

Balcánach (“Balkan”, adjective)

Balcánach m (“a Balkan person”)

Leithinis na mBalcán f (“the Balkan Peninsula”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Balcáin	Bhalcáin	mBalcáin
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

“Balkans” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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