béalfhliuch

Irish

Alternative forms

• béal-fhliuch

Etymology

From béal (“mouth”) +‎ fliuch (“wet”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲiːa̯lʲɯx/

Adjective

béalfhliuch (genitive singular masculine béalfhliuch, genitive singular feminine béalfhliche, plural béalfhliucha, comparative béalfhliche)

1. drizzly (of the weather)

Declension

Declension of béalfhliuch

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	béalfhliuch	bhéalfhliuch	béalfhliucha; bhéalfhliucha2
vocative	bhéalfhliuch		béalfhliucha
genitive		béalfhliche	béalfhliucha	béalfhliuch
dative	béalfhliuch; bhéalfhliuch1	bhéalfhliuch	béalfhliucha; bhéalfhliucha2
Comparative	níos béalfhliche
Superlative	is béalfhliche

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 béalfhliuch

radical	lenition	eclipsis
béalfhliuch	bhéalfhliuch	mbéalfhliuch

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

Further reading

• “béalfhliuch”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “béalfhliuch”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN