biadhamhail
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]biadhamhail (genitive singular feminine biadhamhla, plural biadhamhla, comparative biadhamhla)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | biadhamhail | bhiadhamhail | biadhamhla; bhiadhamhla2 | |
| vocative | bhiadhamhail | biadhamhlaamhla | ||
| genitive | biadhamhla | biadhamhla | biadhamhail | |
| dative | biadhamhail; bhiadhamhail1 |
bhiadhamhail | biadhamhla; bhiadhamhla2 | |
| Comparative | níos biadhamhla | |||
| Superlative | is biadhamhla | |||
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
[edit]- biadhamhlacht (“nutritiveness”)
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| biadhamhail | bhiadhamhail | mbiadhamhail |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bíadamail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language