beartach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish bertach. By surface analysis, beart (“proceeding, transaction”) + -ach.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]beartach (genitive singular masculine beartaigh, genitive singular feminine beartaí, plural beartacha, comparative beartaí)
Declension
[edit]Declension of beartach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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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
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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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
[edit]- 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
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]beartach
Related terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
beartach | bheartach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- 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
Categories:
- Irish terms inherited from Middle Irish
- Irish terms derived from Middle Irish
- Irish adjectives suffixed with -ach
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish lemmas
- Irish adjectives
- Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Scottish Gaelic lemmas
- Scottish Gaelic adjectives