béiceach
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish béiccech (“crying, roaring”); synchronically, béic (“yell, shout”, verb) + -ach.
Adjective
béiceach (genitive singular masculine béicigh, genitive singular feminine béicí, plural béiceacha, comparative béicí)
Declension
Declension of béiceach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | béiceach | bhéiceach | béiceacha; bhéiceacha² | |
| Vocative | bhéicigh | béiceacha | ||
| Genitive | béicí | béiceacha | béiceach | |
| Dative | béiceach; bhéiceach¹ |
bhéiceach; bhéicigh (archaic) |
béiceacha; bhéiceacha² | |
| Comparative | níos béicí | |||
| Superlative | is béicí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Noun
béiceach f (genitive singular béiceiche, nominative plural béiceacha)
- Synonym of béicíl (“(act of) yelling, shouting”)
Declension
Declension of béiceach
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 |
| béiceach | bhéiceach | mbéiceach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- "béiceach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “béiccech” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- Entries containing “béiceach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “béiceach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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