béasach
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From béas + -ach. Compare Scottish Gaelic beusach.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]béasach (genitive singular masculine béasaigh, genitive singular feminine béasaí, plural béasacha, comparative béasaí)
- polite, well-mannered, mannerly, well-behaved, civil (behaving in a reasonable or polite manner)
- Synonyms: dea-bhéasach, dea-mhúinte, múinte, sibhialta
- Antonym: drochbhéasach
Declension
[edit]Declension of béasach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | béasach | bhéasach | béasacha; bhéasacha² | |
| Vocative | bhéasaigh | béasacha | ||
| Genitive | béasaí | béasacha | béasach | |
| Dative | béasach; bhéasach¹ |
bhéasach; bhéasaigh (archaic) |
béasacha; bhéasacha² | |
| Comparative | níos béasaí | |||
| Superlative | is béasaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| béasach | bhéasach | mbéasach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “béasach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bésach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language