bidgamail
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]beadhg (“start, spring, leap, bound”) + -amhail
Adjective
[edit]bidgamail (genitive singular feminine bidgamla, plural bidgamla, comparative bidgamla)
Declension
[edit]Declension of bidgamail
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | bidgamail | bhidgamail | bidgam; bhidgam² | |
| Vocative | bhidgamail | bidgam | ||
| Genitive | bidgam | bidgam | bidgamail | |
| Dative | bidgamail; bhidgamail¹ |
bhidgamail | bidgam; bhidgam² | |
| Comparative | níos bidgam | |||
| Superlative | is bidgam | |||
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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| bidgamail | bhidgamail | mbidgamail |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bidgamail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “bíoḋgaṁail”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 67