bídeach

Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *bid (“small”), possibly loaned to French as bider (“to trot”), bidet (“pony, small horse”), referring to a small horse.

Adjective

bídeach (genitive singular masculine bídigh, genitive singular feminine bídí, plural bídeacha, comparative bídí)

1. tiny, wee, microscopic, diminutive, minute, puny, pygmy

Declension

Declension of bídeach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	bídeach	bhídeach	bídeacha; bhídeacha²
Vocative	bhídigh		bídeacha
Genitive		bídí	bídeacha	bídeach
Dative	bídeach; bhídeach¹	bhídeach; bhídigh (archaic)	bídeacha; bhídeacha²
Comparative	níos bídí
Superlative	is bídí

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

• bídeog f (“tiny thing”)

Noun

bídeach f (genitive singular bídí, nominative plural bídeacha)

1. tiny girl, woman

Declension

Declension of bídeach

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative bídeach bídeacha Vocative a bhídeach a bhídeacha Genitive bídí bídeach Dative bídeach bídeacha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an bhídeach na bídeacha Genitive na bídí na mbídeach Dative leis an mbídeach don bhídeach leis na bídeacha

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bídeach	bhídeach	mbídeach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bídeach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “bídeach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “bídeach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024