béalach
See also: bealach
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom béal (“mouth”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
editbéalach (genitive singular masculine béalaigh, genitive singular feminine béalaí, plural béalacha, comparative béalaí)
Declension
edit| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | béalach | bhéalach | béalacha; bhéalacha2 | |
| vocative | bhéalaigh | béalacha | ||
| genitive | béalaí | béalacha | béalach | |
| dative | béalach; bhéalach1 |
bhéalach; bhéalaigh (archaic) |
béalacha; bhéalacha2 | |
| Comparative | níos béalaí | |||
| Superlative | is béalaí | |||
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 |
|---|---|---|
| béalach | bhéalach | mbéalach |
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) “béalach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN