beathaisnéiseach
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From beathaisnéis (“biography”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective edit
beathaisnéiseach (genitive singular masculine beathaisnéisigh, genitive singular feminine beathaisnéisí, plural beathaisnéiseacha, comparative beathaisnéisí)
Declension edit
Declension of beathaisnéiseach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | beathaisnéiseach | bheathaisnéiseach | beathaisnéiseacha; bheathaisnéiseacha² | |
| Vocative | bheathaisnéisigh | beathaisnéiseacha | ||
| Genitive | beathaisnéisí | beathaisnéiseacha | beathaisnéiseach | |
| Dative | beathaisnéiseach; bheathaisnéiseach¹ |
bheathaisnéiseach; bheathaisnéisigh (archaic) |
beathaisnéiseacha; bheathaisnéiseacha² | |
| Comparative | níos beathaisnéisí | |||
| Superlative | is beathaisnéisí | |||
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 |
| beathaisnéiseach | bheathaisnéiseach | mbeathaisnéiseach |
| 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) “beathaisnéiseach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “beathaisnéiseach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “beathaisnéiseach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024