dea-bhéasach
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- deagh-bhéasach, deaghbhéasach, deaghbheusach, deághbheusach, deagh-bhéasach, deágh-bhéasach, deagh-bheusach, deighbhéasach, deigh-bhéasach, deighbheusach (obsolete)
Etymology
[edit]From dea- + béasach, from béas + -ach
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]dea-bhéasach (genitive singular masculine dea-bhéasaigh, genitive singular feminine dea-bhéasaí, plural dea-bhéasacha, comparative dea-bhéasaí)
- well-mannered, well-behaved
- Synonyms: béasach, dea-mhúinte, múinte, suáilceach
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | dea-bhéasach | dhea-bhéasach | dea-bhéasacha; dhea-bhéasacha2 | |
| vocative | dhea-bhéasaigh | dea-bhéasacha | ||
| genitive | dea-bhéasaí | dea-bhéasacha | dea-bhéasach | |
| dative | dea-bhéasach; dhea-bhéasach1 |
dhea-bhéasach; dhea-bhéasaigh (archaic) |
dea-bhéasacha; dhea-bhéasacha2 | |
| Comparative | níos dea-bhéasaí | |||
| Superlative | is dea-bhéasaí | |||
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 |
|---|---|---|
| dea-bhéasach | dhea-bhéasach | ndea-bhéasach |
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]- “dea-bhéasach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “deiġ-ḃéasaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 233
- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 77
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dea-bhéasach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN