Wiktionary

béalbhach

Irish

edit

Alternative forms

edit

Etymology

edit

From Middle Irish bélbach, from Old Irish bél (“mouth”).[2]

Pronunciation

edit

Noun

edit

béalbhach f (genitive singular béalbhaí, nominative plural béalbhacha)

  1. bit (metal in horse's mouth)

Declension

edit
Declension of béalbhach

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative béalbhach béalbhacha
Vocative a bhéalbhach a bhéalbhacha
Genitive béalbhaí béalbhach
Dative béalbhach
béalbhaigh (archaic, dialectal) 		béalbhacha

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an bhéalbhach na béalbhacha
Genitive na béalbhaí na mbéalbhach
Dative leis an mbéalbhach
leis an mbéalbhaigh (archaic, dialectal)

don bhéalbhach
don bhéalbhaigh (archaic, dialectal)

leis na béalbhacha

References

edit
  1. ^ “béalbhach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bélbach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 222, page 113
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 197, page 75

Further reading

edit
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=béalbhach&oldid=80938337"