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beusach

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Irish

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Adjective

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beusach (genitive singular masculine beusaigh, genitive singular feminine beusaighe, plural beusacha, comparative beusaigh)

  1. Obsolete spelling of béasach (polite).

Declension

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Declension of beusach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative beusach bheusach beusacha;
bheusacha2
vocative bheusaigh beusacha
genitive beusaighe beusacha beusach
dative beusach;
bheusach1
bheusach;
bheusaigh (archaic)
beusacha;
bheusacha2
Comparative níos beusaighe
Superlative is beusaighe

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

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Mutated forms of beusach
radical lenition eclipsis
beusach bheusach mbeusach

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

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From beus +‎ -ach. Compare Irish béasach

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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beusach

  1. continent, decorous, mannerly, moral, virtuous, well-behaved, well-bred
    Antonyms: ainbheusach, mì-bheusach
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Mutation

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Mutation of beusach
radical lenition
beusach bheusach

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