béarúil
Irish
editEtymology
editAdjective
editbéarúil (genitive singular masculine béarúil, genitive singular feminine béarúla, plural béarúla, comparative béarúla)
Declension
editDeclension of béarúil
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | béarúil | bhéarúil | béarúla; bhéarúla² | |
Vocative | bhéarúil | béarúla | ||
Genitive | béarúla | béarúla | béarúil | |
Dative | béarúil; bhéarúil¹ |
bhéarúil | béarúla; bhéarúla² | |
Comparative | níos béarúla | |||
Superlative | is béarúla |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
béarúil | bhéarúil | mbéarúil |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “béarúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “bearish”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024