béiceach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish béiccech (“crying, roaring”); synchronically, béic (“yell, shout”, verb) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

béiceach (genitive singular masculine béicigh, genitive singular feminine béicí, plural béiceacha, comparative béicí)

1. yelling; clamorous

Declension

Declension of béiceach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	béiceach	bhéiceach	béiceacha; bhéiceacha²
Vocative	bhéicigh		béiceacha
Genitive		béicí	béiceacha	béiceach
Dative	béiceach; bhéiceach¹	bhéiceach; bhéicigh (archaic)	béiceacha; bhéiceacha²
Comparative	níos béicí
Superlative	is béicí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

béiceach f (genitive singular béiceiche, nominative plural béiceacha)

1. Synonym of béicíl (“(act of) yelling, shouting”)

Declension

Declension of béiceach

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative béiceach béiceacha Vocative a bhéiceach a bhéiceacha Genitive béiceiche béiceach Dative béiceach béiceacha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an bhéiceach na béiceacha Genitive na béiceiche na mbéiceach Dative leis an mbéiceach don bhéiceach leis na béiceacha

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
béiceach	bhéiceach	mbéiceach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “béiceach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “béiccech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “béiceach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “béiceach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024