béaloideas

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish béloides, from bél (“mouth”) + oides (“teaching, instruction”). By surface analysis, béal +‎ oideas.

Noun

béaloideas m (genitive singular béaloidis or béaloideasa)

1. oral tradition
2. folklore

Declension

Declension of béaloideas (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative béaloideas vocative a bhéaloidis genitive béaloidis dative béaloideas forms with the definite article case singular nominative an béaloideas genitive an bhéaloidis dative leis an mbéaloideas don bhéaloideas

Alternative declension

Declension of béaloideas (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative béaloideas vocative a bhéaloideas genitive béaloideasa dative béaloideas forms with the definite article case singular nominative an béaloideas genitive an bhéaloideasa dative leis an mbéaloideas don bhéaloideas

Derived terms

• béaloideasaí (“folklorist”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of béaloideas

radical	lenition	eclipsis
béaloideas	bhéaloideas	mbéaloideas

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) “béaloideas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “folklore”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024