Beidiúnach

Irish

Etymology

From English bedouin +‎ -ach

Adjective

Beidiúnach (genitive singular masculine Beidiúnaigh, genitive singular feminine Beidiúnaí, plural Beidiúnacha, not comparable)

1. bedouin

Declension

Declension of Beidiúnach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	Beidiúnach	Bheidiúnach	Beidiúnacha; Bheidiúnacha²
Vocative	Bheidiúnaigh		Beidiúnacha
Genitive		Beidiúnaí	Beidiúnacha	Beidiúnach
Dative	Beidiúnach; Bheidiúnach¹	Bheidiúnach; Bheidiúnaigh (archaic)	Beidiúnacha; Bheidiúnacha²
Comparative	níos Beidiúnaí
Superlative	is Beidiúnaí

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

Noun

Beidiúnach m (genitive singular Beidiúnaigh, nominative plural Beidiúnaigh)

1. bedouin

Declension

Declension of Beidiúnach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative Beidiúnach Beidiúnaigh Vocative a Bheidiúnaigh a Bheidiúnacha Genitive Beidiúnaigh Beidiúnach Dative Beidiúnach Beidiúnaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an Beidiúnach na Beidiúnaigh Genitive an Bheidiúnaigh na mBeidiúnach Dative leis an mBeidiúnach don Bheidiúnach leis na Beidiúnaigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Beidiúnach	Bheidiúnach	mBeidiúnach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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