béic

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish béiccid (“cries, roars, bellows”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʲeːc/

Verb

béic (present analytic béiceann, future analytic béicfidh, verbal noun béiceadh, past participle béicthe)

1. (intransitive) yell, shout

Conjugation

conjugation of béic (first conjugation – A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	béicim	béiceann tú; béicir†	béiceann sé, sí	béicimid	béiceann sibh	béiceann siad; béicid†	a bhéiceann; a bhéiceas / a mbéiceann*	béictear
	past	bhéic mé; bhéiceas	bhéic tú; bhéicis	bhéic sé, sí	bhéiceamar; bhéic muid	bhéic sibh; bhéiceabhair	bhéic siad; bhéiceadar	a bhéic / ar bhéic*	béiceadh
	past habitual	bhéicinn / mbéicinn‡‡	bhéicteá / mbéicteᇇ	bhéiceadh sé, sí / mbéiceadh sé, s퇇	bhéicimis; bhéiceadh muid / mbéicimis‡‡; mbéiceadh muid‡‡	bhéiceadh sibh / mbéiceadh sibh‡‡	bhéicidís; bhéiceadh siad / mbéicidís‡‡; mbéiceadh siad‡‡	a bhéiceadh / a mbéiceadh*	bhéictí / mbéict퇇
future		béicfidh mé; béicfead	béicfidh tú; béicfir†	béicfidh sé, sí	béicfimid; béicfidh muid	béicfidh sibh	béicfidh siad; béicfid†	a bhéicfidh; a bhéicfeas / a mbéicfidh*	béicfear
conditional		bhéicfinn / mbéicfinn‡‡	bhéicfeá / mbéicfeᇇ	bhéicfeadh sé, sí / mbéicfeadh sé, s퇇	bhéicfimis; bhéicfeadh muid / mbéicfimis‡‡; mbéicfeadh muid‡‡	bhéicfeadh sibh / mbéicfeadh sibh‡‡	bhéicfidís; bhéicfeadh siad / mbéicfidís‡‡; mbéicfeadh siad‡‡	a bhéicfeadh / a mbéicfeadh*	bhéicfí / mbéicf퇇
subjunctive	present	go mbéice mé; go mbéicead†	go mbéice tú; go mbéicir†	go mbéice sé, sí	go mbéicimid; go mbéice muid	go mbéice sibh	go mbéice siad; go mbéicid†	—	go mbéictear
	past	dá mbéicinn	dá mbéicteá	dá mbéiceadh sé, sí	dá mbéicimis; dá mbéiceadh muid	dá mbéiceadh sibh	dá mbéicidís; dá mbéiceadh siad	—	dá mbéictí
imperative		béicim	béic	béiceadh sé, sí	béicimis	béicigí; béicidh†	béicidís	—	béictear
verbal noun		béiceadh
past participle		béicthe

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Derived terms

• béiceach (“yelling, clamorous”, adjective)
• béiceadán m (“puffball; glutton; yeller, bawler”)

Related terms

• béicíl f (“(act of) yelling, shouting”)

Noun

béic f (genitive singular béice, nominative plural béiceacha)

1. yell, shout

Declension

Declension of béic (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative béic béiceacha vocative a bhéic a bhéiceacha genitive béice béiceacha dative béic béiceacha forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an bhéic na béiceacha genitive na béice na mbéiceacha dative leis an mbéic don bhéic leis na béiceacha

Derived terms

• bolgán béice, bolg béice (“puffball”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of béic

radical	lenition	eclipsis
béic	bhéic	mbéic

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) “béic”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “béiccid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language