baile mór

See also: baile mòr

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˌbˠalʲə ˈmˠoːɾˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˌbˠalʲə ˈmˠɔːɾˠ/

Noun

baile mór m (genitive singular baile mhóir, nominative plural bailte móra)

1. large town, city
   • 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 197:

     Chuaidh sí go dtí uncail di a bhí i n‑a shagart san bhaile mhór agus fuair sí uaidh sórt éide agus giúrléidí beaga éigin eile.

     She went to an uncle of hers who was a priest in the city and from him she got a variety of vestments and some other small accessories.

Declension

Declension of baile mór

Fourth declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative baile mór bailte móra Vocative a bhaile mhóir a bhailte móra Genitive baile mhóir bailte móra Dative baile mór bailte móra

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an baile mór na bailte móra Genitive an bhaile mhóir na mbailte móra Dative leis an mbaile mór don bhaile mhór leis na bailte móra

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
baile mór	bhaile mór	mbaile mór
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “baile”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mór”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN