béalchlabach

Irish

Etymology

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Adjective

béalchlabach (genitive singular masculine béalchlabaigh, genitive singular feminine béalchlabaí, plural béalchlabacha, comparative béalchlabaí)

1. garrulous

Declension

Declension of béalchlabach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	béalchlabach	bhéalchlabach	béalchlabacha; bhéalchlabacha²
Vocative	bhéalchlabaigh		béalchlabacha
Genitive		béalchlabaí	béalchlabacha	béalchlabach
Dative	béalchlabach; bhéalchlabach¹	bhéalchlabach; bhéalchlabaigh (archaic)	béalchlabacha; bhéalchlabacha²
Comparative	níos béalchlabaí
Superlative	is béalchlabaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
béalchlabach	bhéalchlabach	mbéalchlabach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “béalchlabach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN