beach fhiáin

Irish

Alternative forms

• beach fhiadhain (obsolete)

Etymology

Literally, “wild bee”

Noun

beach fhiáin f (genitive singular beiche fiáine, nominative plural beacha fiáine)

1. bumblebee

   Synonym: bumbóg

Declension

Declension of beach fhiáin

Second declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative beach fhiáin beacha fiáine Vocative a bheach fhiáin a bheacha fiáine Genitive beiche fiáine beach fiáin Dative beach fhiáin beich fhiáin (archaic, dialectal) beacha fiáine

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an bheach fhiáin na beacha fiáine Genitive na beiche fiáine na mbeach fiáin Dative leis an mbeach fhiáin / don bheach fhiáin leis an mbeich fhiáin / don bheich fhiáin (archaic, dialectal) leis na beacha fiáine

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
beach fhiáin	bheach fhiáin	mbeach fhiáin
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “beach fhiáin”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “beach fhiáin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN