béalchráifeach

Irish

Etymology

From béal (“mouth”) +‎ cráifeach (“religious; pious, devout”).

Adjective

béalchráifeach (genitive singular masculine béalchráifigh, genitive singular feminine béalchráifí, plural béalchráifeacha, comparative béalchráifí)

1. sanctimonious

   Synonym: bréagchráifeach

Declension

Declension of béalchráifeach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	béalchráifeach	bhéalchráifeach	béalchráifeacha; bhéalchráifeacha2
vocative	bhéalchráifigh		béalchráifeacha
genitive		béalchráifí	béalchráifeacha	béalchráifeach
dative	béalchráifeach; bhéalchráifeach1	bhéalchráifeach; bhéalchráifigh (archaic)	béalchráifeacha; bhéalchráifeacha2
Comparative	níos béalchráifí
Superlative	is béalchráifí

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 béalchráifeach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
béalchráifeach	bhéalchráifeach	mbéalchráifeach

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) “béalchráifeach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “béalchráifeach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “béalchráifeach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024