beathfhórsa

Irish

Etymology

From beath- (“vital”) +‎ fórsa (“force”).

Noun

beathfhórsa m (genitive singular beathfhórsa, nominative plural beathfhórsaí)

1. vital force

   Synonyms: fórsa na beatha, fórsa beathúil

Declension

Declension of beathfhórsa (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative beathfhórsa beathfhórsaí vocative a bheathfhórsa a bheathfhórsaí genitive beathfhórsa beathfhórsaí dative beathfhórsa beathfhórsaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an beathfhórsa na beathfhórsaí genitive an bheathfhórsa na mbeathfhórsaí dative leis an mbeathfhórsa don bheathfhórsa leis na beathfhórsaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of beathfhórsa

radical	lenition	eclipsis
beathfhórsa	bheathfhórsa	mbeathfhórsa

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