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

Mutated forms of beach fhiáin

radical	lenition	eclipsis
beach fhiáin	bheach fhiáin	mbeach fhiáin

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

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