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Definition 2025
bailé
bailé
Irish
Etymology
Borrowing from English ballet, from French, from Italian balletto.
Noun
bailé m (genitive singular bailé, nominative plural bailéanna)
Declension
Declension of bailé
Fourth declension
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 Bare forms 
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 Forms with the definite article 
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Derived terms
- cailín bailé (“ballerina, ballet-girl”)
 - ceol bailé (“ballet-music”)
 - damhsóir bailé, rinceoir bailé (“ballet-dancer”)
 
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis | 
| bailé | bhailé | mbailé | 
|  Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.  | ||
References
- "bailé" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.