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beartach
beartach
Irish
Adjective
beartach (genitive singular masculine beartaigh, genitive singular feminine beartaí, plural beartacha, comparative beartaí)
Declension
Declension of beartach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | beartach | beartach¹ | beartacha³ | |
| Vocative | beartaigh¹ | beartach¹ | beartacha | |
| Genitive | beartaigh¹ | beartaí (obsolete) beartaighe |
beartacha | beartach |
| Dative | beartach² | beartach¹ (archaic) beartaigh¹ |
beartacha³ | |
| Comparative | beartaí (obsolete) beartaighe |
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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 |
| beartach | bheartach | mbeartach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "beartach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
- beairteach
- beirteach
Adjective
beartach
Related terms
References
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9