béalbhraiteach

Irish

Etymology

From béal (“mouth”) +‎ braiteach (“sensitive”).

Adjective

béalbhraiteach (genitive singular masculine béalbhraitigh, genitive singular feminine béalbhraití, plural béalbhraiteacha, comparative béalbhraití)

1. tender-mouthed (of horse)

Declension

Declension of béalbhraiteach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	béalbhraiteach	bhéalbhraiteach	béalbhraiteacha; bhéalbhraiteacha²
Vocative	bhéalbhraitigh		béalbhraiteacha
Genitive		béalbhraití	béalbhraiteacha	béalbhraiteach
Dative	béalbhraiteach; bhéalbhraiteach¹	bhéalbhraiteach; bhéalbhraitigh (archaic)	béalbhraiteacha; bhéalbhraiteacha²
Comparative	níos béalbhraití
Superlative	is béalbhraití

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

Related terms

• cruabhéalach (“hard-mouthed”, adjective)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
béalbhraiteach	bhéalbhraiteach	mbéalbhraiteach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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