binbeach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From binb (“venom, fury”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]binbeach (genitive singular masculine binbeach, genitive singular feminine binbí, plural binbeacha, comparative binbí)
- venomous. sharp (of voice, speech)
- 'Ní chosnóidh sé sin orm thú!' arsa Margó go binbeach.
- 'That won't protect you from me!' said Margo venomously.
Declension
[edit]Declension of binbeach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | binbeach | bhinbeach | binbeacha; bhinbeacha² | |
Vocative | bhinbigh | binbeacha | ||
Genitive | binbí | binbeacha | binbeach | |
Dative | binbeach; bhinbeach¹ |
bhinbeach; bhinbigh (archaic) |
binbeacha; bhinbeacha² | |
Comparative | níos binbí | |||
Superlative | is binbí |
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 |
binbeach | bhinbeach | mbinbeach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |