béalaireacht

Irish

Etymology

From béal (“mouth”) +‎ -aire (agent suffix) +‎ -acht (abstract suffix).

Noun

béalaireacht f (genitive singular béalaireachta)

1. oral tradition
2. orality

Declension

Declension of béalaireacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative béalaireacht Vocative a bhéalaireacht Genitive béalaireachta Dative béalaireacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an bhéalaireacht Genitive na béalaireachta Dative leis an mbéalaireacht don bhéalaireacht

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
béalaireacht	bhéalaireacht	mbéalaireacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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