béalráiteach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From béal (“mouth”) + ráite + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]béalráiteach (genitive singular masculine béalráitigh, genitive singular feminine béalráití, plural béalráiteacha, comparative béalráití)
Declension
[edit]Declension of béalráiteach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | béalráiteach | bhéalráiteach | béalráiteacha; bhéalráiteacha² | |
| Vocative | bhéalráitigh | béalráiteacha | ||
| Genitive | béalráití | béalráiteacha | béalráiteach | |
| Dative | béalráiteach; bhéalráiteach¹ |
bhéalráiteach; bhéalráitigh (archaic) |
béalráiteacha; bhéalráiteacha² | |
| Comparative | níos béalráití | |||
| Superlative | is béalráití | |||
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 |
| béalráiteach | bhéalráiteach | mbéalráiteach |
| 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) “béalráiteach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN