béalchráifeach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From béal (“mouth”) + cráifeach (“religious; pious, devout”).
Adjective
[edit]béalchráifeach (genitive singular masculine béalchráifigh, genitive singular feminine béalchráifí, plural béalchráifeacha, comparative béalchráifí)
- sanctimonious
- Synonym: bréagchráifeach
Declension
[edit]Declension of béalchráifeach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | béalchráifeach | bhéalchráifeach | béalchráifeacha; bhéalchráifeacha² | |
Vocative | bhéalchráifigh | béalchráifeacha | ||
Genitive | béalchráifí | béalchráifeacha | béalchráifeach | |
Dative | béalchráifeach; bhéalchráifeach¹ |
bhéalchráifeach; bhéalchráifigh (archaic) |
béalchráifeacha; bhéalchráifeacha² | |
Comparative | níos béalchráifí | |||
Superlative | is béalchráifí |
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 |
béalchráifeach | bhéalchráifeach | mbéalchráifeach |
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) “béalchráifeach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “béalchráifeach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “béalchráifeach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024