beathach
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Irish[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Adjective[edit]
beathach
- Only used in beo beathach (“alive and kicking”)
Etymology 2[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
beathach m (genitive singular beathaigh, nominative plural beathaigh)
Declension[edit]
Declension of beathach
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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References[edit]
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 10
Etymology 3[edit]
Adjective[edit]
beathach (genitive singular masculine beathaigh, genitive singular feminine beathaí, plural beathacha, not comparable)
- Alternative form of beitheach (“planted with birches”)
Declension[edit]
Declension of beathach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | beathach | bheathach | beathacha; bheathacha² | |
Vocative | bheathaigh | beathacha | ||
Genitive | beathaí | beathacha | beathach | |
Dative | beathach; bheathach¹ |
bheathach; bheathaigh (archaic) |
beathacha; bheathacha² | |
Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
Superlative | (not comparable) |
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 |
beathach | bheathach | mbeathach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Scottish Gaelic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish bethach, a variant of bethadach (“animal; creature”) (whence Irish beithíoch), from bethu, Middle Irish betha (“life”) + -ach.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
beathach m (genitive singular beathaich, plural beathaichean)
Related terms[edit]
Mutation[edit]
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
beathach | bheathach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 bethach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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