béalchráifeach
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From béal (“mouth”) + cráifeach (“religious; pious, devout”).
Adjective edit
béalchráifeach (genitive singular masculine béalchráifigh, genitive singular feminine béalchráifí, plural béalchráifeacha, comparative béalchráifí)
- sanctimonious
- Synonym: bréagchráifeach
Declension edit
Declension of béalchráifeach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | béalchráifeach | bhéalchráifeach | béalchráifeacha; bhéalchráifeacha² | |
| Vocative | bhéalchráifigh | béalchráifeacha | ||
| Genitive | béalchráifí | béalchráifeacha | béalchráifeach | |
| Dative | béalchráifeach; bhéalchráifeach¹ |
bhéalchráifeach; bhéalchráifigh (archaic) |
béalchráifeacha; bhéalchráifeacha² | |
| Comparative | níos béalchráifí | |||
| Superlative | is béalchráifí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| béalchráifeach | bhéalchráifeach | mbéalchráifeach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “béalchráifeach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “béalchráifeach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “béalchráifeach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024