béalaireacht

Irish

Etymology

From béal (“mouth”) +‎ -aire (agent suffix) +‎ -acht (abstract suffix).

Noun

béalaireacht f (genitive singular béalaireachta)

1. oral tradition
2. orality

Declension

Declension of béalaireacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative béalaireacht vocative a bhéalaireacht genitive béalaireachta dative béalaireacht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an bhéalaireacht genitive na béalaireachta dative leis an mbéalaireacht don bhéalaireacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of béalaireacht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
béalaireacht	bhéalaireacht	mbéalaireacht

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