béaloideas

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish bélaites, from bél (“mouth”) + aites (“pleasure, sport”). Synchronically béal +‎ oideas.

Noun

béaloideas m (genitive singular béaloidis or béaloideasa)

1. oral tradition
2. folklore

Declension

Declension of béaloideas

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative béaloideas Vocative a bhéaloidis Genitive béaloidis Dative béaloideas

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an béaloideas Genitive an bhéaloidis Dative leis an mbéaloideas don bhéaloideas

Alternative declension

Declension of béaloideas

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative béaloideas Vocative a bhéaloideas Genitive béaloideasa Dative béaloideas

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an béaloideas Genitive an bhéaloideasa Dative leis an mbéaloideas don bhéaloideas

Derived terms

• béaloideasaí (“folklorist”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
béaloideas	bhéaloideas	mbéaloideas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “béaloideas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “folklore”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024