béalsceiteach

Irish

Etymology

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

Adjective

béalsceiteach (genitive singular masculine béalsceitigh, genitive singular feminine béalsceití, plural béalsceiteacha, comparative béalsceití)

1. blabbing, indiscreet

Declension

Declension of béalsceiteach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	béalsceiteach	bhéalsceiteach	béalsceiteacha; bhéalsceiteacha2
vocative	bhéalsceitigh		béalsceiteacha
genitive		béalsceití	béalsceiteacha	béalsceiteach
dative	béalsceiteach; bhéalsceiteach1	bhéalsceiteach; bhéalsceitigh (archaic)	béalsceiteacha; bhéalsceiteacha2
Comparative	níos béalsceití
Superlative	is béalsceití

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 béalsceiteach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
béalsceiteach	bhéalsceiteach	mbéalsceiteach

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