dea-bhéasach

Irish

Alternative forms

• deagh-bhéasach, deaghbhéasach, deaghbheusach, deághbheusach, deagh-bhéasach, deágh-bhéasach, deagh-bheusach, deighbhéasach, deigh-bhéasach, deighbheusach (obsolete)

Etymology

From dea- +‎ béasach, from béas +‎ -ach

Pronunciation

• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /dʲaˈvʲeːsˠəx/

Adjective

dea-bhéasach (genitive singular masculine dea-bhéasaigh, genitive singular feminine dea-bhéasaí, plural dea-bhéasacha, comparative dea-bhéasaí)

1. well-mannered, well-behaved

   Synonyms: béasach, dea-mhúinte, múinte, suáilceach

Declension

Declension of dea-bhéasach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	dea-bhéasach	dhea-bhéasach	dea-bhéasacha; dhea-bhéasacha²
Vocative	dhea-bhéasaigh		dea-bhéasacha
Genitive		dea-bhéasaí	dea-bhéasacha	dea-bhéasach
Dative	dea-bhéasach; dhea-bhéasach¹	dhea-bhéasach; dhea-bhéasaigh (archaic)	dea-bhéasacha; dhea-bhéasacha²
Comparative	níos dea-bhéasaí
Superlative	is dea-bhéasaí

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
dea-bhéasach	dhea-bhéasach	ndea-bhéasach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “dea-bhéasach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “deiġ-ḃéasaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 233
• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 77
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dea-bhéasach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN