ballra

Irish

Etymology

From ball (“member”) +‎ -ra.

Noun

ballra m (genitive singular ballra)

1. (collective) members, membership

Declension

Declension of ballra (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative ballra vocative a bhallra genitive ballra dative ballra forms with the definite article singular nominative an ballra genitive an bhallra dative leis an mballra don bhallra

Derived terms

• ballraíocht f (“membership; composition (of government)”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ballra

radical	lenition	eclipsis
ballra	bhallra	mballra

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

References

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