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Irish

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish béloides, from bél (mouth) + oides (teaching, instruction). By surface analysis, béal +‎ oideas.

Noun

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béaloideas m (genitive singular béaloidis or béaloideasa)

  1. oral tradition
  2. folklore

Declension

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Declension of béaloideas (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative béaloideas
vocative a bhéaloidis
genitive béaloidis
dative béaloideas
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an béaloideas
genitive an bhéaloidis
dative leis an mbéaloideas
don bhéaloideas
Alternative declension
Declension of béaloideas (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative béaloideas
vocative a bhéaloideas
genitive béaloideasa
dative béaloideas
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an béaloideas
genitive an bhéaloideasa
dative leis an mbéaloideas
don bhéaloideas

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of béaloideas
radical lenition eclipsis
béaloideas bhéaloideas mbéaloideas

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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