bidgamail
Appearance
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]beadhg (“start, spring, leap, bound”) + -amhail
Adjective
[edit]bidgamail (genitive singular feminine bidgamla, plural bidgamla, comparative bidgamla)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | bidgamail | bhidgamail | bidgam; bhidgam2 | |
vocative | bhidgamail | bidgam | ||
genitive | bidgam | bidgam | bidgamail | |
dative | bidgamail; bhidgamail1 |
bhidgamail | bidgam; bhidgam2 | |
Comparative | níos bidgam | |||
Superlative | is bidgam |
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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bidgamail | bhidgamail | mbidgamail |
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), “bidgamail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “bíoḋgaṁail”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 67