beartach

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish bertach. By surface analysis, beart (“proceeding, transaction”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲaɾˠt̪ˠəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲaɾˠt̪ˠa(x)/

Adjective

beartach (genitive singular masculine beartaigh, genitive singular feminine beartaí, plural beartacha, comparative beartaí)

1. scheming; contriving

Declension

Declension of beartach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	beartach	bheartach	beartacha; bheartacha²
Vocative	bheartaigh		beartacha
Genitive		beartaí	beartacha	beartach
Dative	beartach; bheartach¹	bheartach; bheartaigh (archaic)	beartacha; bheartacha²
Comparative	níos beartaí
Superlative	is beartaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
beartach	bheartach	mbeartach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “beartach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bertach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “beartach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “beartach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• beairteach, beirteach

Etymology

From Old Irish bertach.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpjarˠʃtəx/

Adjective

beartach

1. rich, wealthy
2. of, or belonging to, a machine
3. sheathed
4. like a sheath or scabbard
5. too much

Related terms

• beartas

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
beartach	bheartach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “beartach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bertach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language