béal-anróch

Irish

Etymology

From béal (“mouth”) +‎ anróch (“severe”).

Adjective

béal-anróch (genitive singular masculine béal-anróch, genitive singular feminine béal-anróiche, plural béal-anrócha, comparative béal-anróiche)

1. poormouthing, plaintive

Declension

Declension of béal-anróch

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	béal-anróch	bhéal-anróch	béal-anrócha; bhéal-anrócha²
Vocative	bhéal-anróch		béal-anrócha
Genitive		béal-anróiche	béal-anrócha	béal-anróch
Dative	béal-anróch; bhéal-anróch¹	bhéal-anróch	béal-anrócha; bhéal-anrócha²
Comparative	níos béal-anróiche
Superlative	is béal-anróiche

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
béal-anróch	bhéal-anróch	mbéal-anróch
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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