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beithíoch

beithíoch

Irish

Alternative forms

beithidheach (superseded)

Noun

beithíoch m ‎(genitive singular beithígh, nominative plural beithígh)

beast
(large) animal
brute; (large) specimen of creature
bovine animal; heifer, cow
(in the plural) cattle
horse

Declension

Declension of beithíoch

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	beithíoch	beithígh
Vocative	a bheithígh	a bheithíocha
Genitive	beithígh	beithíoch
Dative	beithíoch	beithígh

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an beithíoch	na beithígh
Genitive	an bheithígh	na mbeithíoch
Dative	leis an mbeithíoch don bheithíoch	leis na beithígh

Derived terms

beithíoch allta m ‎(“wild beast”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
beithíoch	bheithíoch	mbeithíoch
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"beithíoch" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.