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IRISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

ball.

organ

4 characters1 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

noun/bˠɑul̪ˠ/Munster/bˠɑːl̪ˠ/Galway/bˠal̪ˠ/Mayo, Ulster
  1. organ

    masculine
  2. member

    masculine
  3. article (member of a group or class)

    masculine
  4. spot (location or area)

    masculine
  5. mark (on the skin of a human or animal)

    masculine
  6. element, member

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Old Irish ball, from Proto-Celtic *ballos, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to blow, swell, inflate”); compare English ball, Ancient Greek φαλλός (phallós, “penis”).

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