béasach
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom béas + -ach. Compare Scottish Gaelic beusach.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editbéasach (genitive singular masculine béasaigh, genitive singular feminine béasaí, plural béasacha, comparative béasaí)
- polite, well-mannered, mannerly, well-behaved, civil (behaving in a reasonable or polite manner)
- Synonyms: dea-bhéasach, dea-mhúinte, múinte, sibhialta
- Antonym: drochbhéasach
Declension
edit| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | béasach | bhéasach | béasacha; bhéasacha2 | |
| vocative | bhéasaigh | béasacha | ||
| genitive | béasaí | béasacha | béasach | |
| dative | béasach; bhéasach1 |
bhéasach; bhéasaigh (archaic) |
béasacha; bhéasacha2 | |
| Comparative | níos béasaí | |||
| Superlative | is béasaí | |||
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
editMutation
edit| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| béasach | bhéasach | mbéasach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
editFurther reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “béasach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bésach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language