béalsceiteach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From béal (“mouth”) + sceite + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]béalsceiteach (genitive singular masculine béalsceitigh, genitive singular feminine béalsceití, plural béalsceiteacha, comparative béalsceití)
Declension
[edit]Declension of béalsceiteach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | béalsceiteach | bhéalsceiteach | béalsceiteacha; bhéalsceiteacha² | |
| Vocative | bhéalsceitigh | béalsceiteacha | ||
| Genitive | béalsceití | béalsceiteacha | béalsceiteach | |
| Dative | béalsceiteach; bhéalsceiteach¹ |
bhéalsceiteach; bhéalsceitigh (archaic) |
béalsceiteacha; bhéalsceiteacha² | |
| Comparative | níos béalsceití | |||
| Superlative | is béalsceití | |||
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 |
| béalsceiteach | bhéalsceiteach | mbéalsceiteach |
| 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) “béalsceiteach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN