béalchlabach
Irish
editEtymology
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Adjective
editbéalchlabach (genitive singular masculine béalchlabaigh, genitive singular feminine béalchlabaí, plural béalchlabacha, comparative béalchlabaí)
Declension
editsingular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | béalchlabach | bhéalchlabach | béalchlabacha; bhéalchlabacha2 | |
vocative | bhéalchlabaigh | béalchlabacha | ||
genitive | béalchlabaí | béalchlabacha | béalchlabach | |
dative | béalchlabach; bhéalchlabach1 |
bhéalchlabach; bhéalchlabaigh (archaic) |
béalchlabacha; bhéalchlabacha2 | |
Comparative | níos béalchlabaí | |||
Superlative | is béalchlabaí |
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 |
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béalchlabach | bhéalchlabach | mbéalchlabach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “béalchlabach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN