béalach

See also: bealach

Irish

Etymology

From béal (“mouth”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

béalach (genitive singular masculine béalaigh, genitive singular feminine béalaí, plural béalacha, comparative béalaí)

1. loquacious, loose-tongued

Declension

Declension of béalach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	béalach	bhéalach	béalacha; bhéalacha2
vocative	bhéalaigh		béalacha
genitive		béalaí	béalacha	béalach
dative	béalach; bhéalach1	bhéalach; bhéalaigh (archaic)	béalacha; bhéalacha2
Comparative	níos béalaí
Superlative	is béalaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of béalach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
béalach	bhéalach	mbéalach

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) “béalach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN