ball-bholaidh

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Calque of English volleyball. However, while ball is a native Gaelic word, bholaidh is a true loan and not related to boladh.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌpauɫ̪ ˈvɔɫ̪i/

Noun

ball-bholaidh m (genitive singular buill-bholaidh, plural buill-bholaidh)

  1. volleyball
    Bidh sinn a' cluiche ball-bholaidh air an tràigh a h-uile Dihaoine. ― We play volleyball on the beach every Friday.

Mutation

Mutation of ball-bholaidh
radical lenition
ball-bholaidh bhall-bholaidh

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

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