béalchráifeach
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom béal (“mouth”) + cráifeach (“religious; pious, devout”).
Adjective
editbéalchráifeach (genitive singular masculine béalchráifigh, genitive singular feminine béalchráifí, plural béalchráifeacha, comparative béalchráifí)
- sanctimonious
- Synonym: bréagchráifeach
Declension
editsingular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | béalchráifeach | bhéalchráifeach | béalchráifeacha; bhéalchráifeacha2 | |
vocative | bhéalchráifigh | béalchráifeacha | ||
genitive | béalchráifí | béalchráifeacha | béalchráifeach | |
dative | béalchráifeach; bhéalchráifeach1 |
bhéalchráifeach; bhéalchráifigh (archaic) |
béalchráifeacha; bhéalchráifeacha2 | |
Comparative | níos béalchráifí | |||
Superlative | is béalchráifí |
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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béalchráifeach | bhéalchráifeach | mbéalchráifeach |
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) “béalchráifeach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “béalchráifeach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “béalchráifeach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024