Beilgeach

Irish

Etymology

From An Bheilg (“Belgium”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Beilgeach (genitive singular masculine Beilgigh, genitive singular feminine Beilgí, plural Beilgeacha, not comparable)

1. Belgian

Declension

Declension of Beilgeach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	Beilgeach	Bheilgeach	Beilgeacha; Bheilgeacha2
vocative	Bheilgigh		Beilgeacha
genitive		Beilgí	Beilgeacha	Beilgeach
dative	Beilgeach; Bheilgeach1	Bheilgeach; Bheilgigh (archaic)	Beilgeacha; Bheilgeacha2
Comparative	níos Beilgí
Superlative	is Beilgí

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

• Ríocht na Beilge (“Kingdom of Belgium”)

Noun

Beilgeach m (genitive singular Beilgigh, nominative plural Beilgigh)

1. Belgian

Declension

Declension of Beilgeach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Beilgeach Beilgigh vocative a Bheilgigh a Bheilgeacha genitive Beilgigh Beilgeach dative Beilgeach Beilgigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an Beilgeach na Beilgigh genitive an Bheilgigh na mBeilgeach dative leis an mBeilgeach don Bheilgeach leis na Beilgigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Beilgeach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Beilgeach	Bheilgeach	mBeilgeach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Beilgeach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Beilgeach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Beilgeach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025