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béalach
béalach
Irish
Adjective
béalach (genitive singular masculine béalaigh, genitive singular feminine béalaí, plural béalacha, comparative béalaí)
Declension
Declension of béalach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | béalach | béalach¹ | béalacha³ | |
| Vocative | béalaigh¹ | béalach¹ | béalacha | |
| Genitive | béalaigh¹ | béalaí (obsolete) béalaighe |
béalacha | béalach |
| Dative | béalach² | béalach¹ (archaic) béalaigh¹ |
béalacha³ | |
| Comparative | béalaí (obsolete) béalaighe |
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¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| béalach | bhéalach | mbéalach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "béalach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.