Beirmiúdach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Beirmiúda (“Bermuda”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]Beirmiúdach (genitive singular masculine Beirmiúdaigh, genitive singular feminine Beirmiúdaí, plural Beirmiúdacha, not comparable)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Beirmiúdach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | Beirmiúdach | Bheirmiúdach | Beirmiúdacha; Bheirmiúdacha² | |
Vocative | Bheirmiúdaigh | Beirmiúdacha | ||
Genitive | Beirmiúdaí | Beirmiúdacha | Beirmiúdach | |
Dative | Beirmiúdach; Bheirmiúdach¹ |
Bheirmiúdach; Bheirmiúdaigh (archaic) |
Beirmiúdacha; Bheirmiúdacha² | |
Comparative | níos Beirmiúdaí | |||
Superlative | is Beirmiúdaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Related terms
[edit]- Na Beirmiúdaí (“the Bermudas”)
Noun
[edit]Beirmiúdach m (genitive singular Beirmiúdaigh, nominative plural Beirmiúdaigh)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Beirmiúdach
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
Beirmiúdach | Bheirmiúdach | mBeirmiúdach |
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) “Beirmiúdach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN