beathaisnéiseach
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From beathaisnéis (“biography”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective[edit]
beathaisnéiseach (genitive singular masculine beathaisnéisigh, genitive singular feminine beathaisnéisí, plural beathaisnéiseacha, comparative beathaisnéisí)
Declension[edit]
Declension of beathaisnéiseach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | beathaisnéiseach | bheathaisnéiseach | beathaisnéiseacha; bheathaisnéiseacha² | |
| Vocative | bheathaisnéisigh | beathaisnéiseacha | ||
| Genitive | beathaisnéisí | beathaisnéiseacha | beathaisnéiseach | |
| Dative | beathaisnéiseach; bheathaisnéiseach¹ |
bheathaisnéiseach; bheathaisnéisigh (archaic) |
beathaisnéiseacha; bheathaisnéiseacha² | |
| Comparative | níos beathaisnéisí | |||
| Superlative | is beathaisnéisí | |||
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 |
| beathaisnéiseach | bheathaisnéiseach | mbeathaisnéiseach |
| 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) “beathaisnéiseach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “beathaisnéiseach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “beathaisnéiseach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.