beathaisnéis

Irish

Etymology

From beath- (“vital”) +‎ faisnéis (“information”).

Noun

beathaisnéis f (genitive singular beathaisnéise, nominative plural beathaisnéisí)

1. biography, memoir

Declension

Declension of beathaisnéis (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative beathaisnéis beathaisnéisí vocative a bheathaisnéis a bheathaisnéisí genitive beathaisnéise beathaisnéisí dative beathaisnéis beathaisnéisí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an bheathaisnéis na beathaisnéisí genitive na beathaisnéise na mbeathaisnéisí dative leis an mbeathaisnéis don bheathaisnéis leis na beathaisnéisí

Derived terms

• beathaisnéiseach (“biographical”, adjective)
• beathaisnéisí m (“biographer”)
• dírbheathaisnéis f (“autobiography”)
• heitribheathaisnéis f (“heterobiography”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of beathaisnéis

radical	lenition	eclipsis
beathaisnéis	bheathaisnéis	mbeathaisnéis

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) “beathaisnéis”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “beathaisnéis”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “beathaisnéis”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024