béal-anróch
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom béal (“mouth”) + anróch (“severe”).
Adjective
editbéal-anróch (genitive singular masculine béal-anróch, genitive singular feminine béal-anróiche, plural béal-anrócha, comparative béal-anróiche)
Declension
editsingular | plural (m/f) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | béal-anróch | bhéal-anróch | béal-anrócha; bhéal-anrócha2 | |
vocative | bhéal-anróch | béal-anrócha | ||
genitive | béal-anróiche | béal-anrócha | béal-anróch | |
dative | béal-anróch; bhéal-anróch1 |
bhéal-anróch | béal-anrócha; bhéal-anrócha2 | |
Comparative | níos béal-anróiche | |||
Superlative | is béal-anróiche |
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
editradical | lenition | eclipsis |
---|---|---|
béal-anróch | bhéal-anróch | mbéal-anróch |
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- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “béal-anróch”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN