béalach

See also: bealach

Irish

Etymology

From béal (“mouth”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

béalach (genitive singular masculine béalaigh, genitive singular feminine béalaí, plural béalacha, comparative béalaí)

1. loquacious, loose-tongued

Declension

Declension of béalach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	béalach	bhéalach	béalacha; bhéalacha²
Vocative	bhéalaigh		béalacha
Genitive		béalaí	béalacha	béalach
Dative	béalach; bhéalach¹	bhéalach; bhéalaigh (archaic)	béalacha; bhéalacha²
Comparative	níos béalaí
Superlative	is béalaí

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
béalach	bhéalach	mbéalach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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