beathachruth

Irish

Etymology

From beatha (“life”) +‎ cruth (“shape, form”).

Noun

beathachruth m (genitive singular beathachrutha, nominative plural beathachruthanna)

1. (biology) lifeform

   Synonym: foirm bheatha

Declension

Declension of beathachruth (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative beathachruth beathachruthanna vocative a bheathachruth a bheathachruthanna genitive beathachrutha beathachruthanna dative beathachruth beathachruthanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an beathachruth na beathachruthanna genitive an bheathachrutha na mbeathachruthanna dative leis an mbeathachruth don bheathachruth leis na beathachruthanna

Mutation

Mutated forms of beathachruth

radical	lenition	eclipsis
beathachruth	bheathachruth	mbeathachruth

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