beathaisnéiseach

Irish

Etymology

From beathaisnéis (“biography”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

beathaisnéiseach (genitive singular masculine beathaisnéisigh, genitive singular feminine beathaisnéisí, plural beathaisnéiseacha, comparative beathaisnéisí)

1. biographical

Declension

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.

References

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