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bídeach
bídeach
Irish
Adjective
bídeach (genitive singular masculine bídigh, genitive singular feminine bídí, plural bídeacha, comparative bídí)
- tiny, wee, microscopic, diminutive, minute, puny, pygmy
Declension
Declension of bídeach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | bídeach | bídeach¹ | bídeacha³ | |
| Vocative | bídigh¹ | bídeach¹ | bídeacha | |
| Genitive | bídigh¹ | bídí (obsolete) bídighe |
bídeacha | bídeach |
| Dative | bídeach² | bídeach¹ (archaic) bídigh¹ |
bídeacha³ | |
| Comparative | bídí (obsolete) bídighe |
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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.
Related terms
- bídeog f (“tiny thing”)
Noun
bídeach f (genitive singular bídí, nominative plural bídeacha)
Declension
Declension of bídeach
Second declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| bídeach | bhídeach | mbídeach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "bídeach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.