béasach

Irish

Alternative forms

• beusach (obsolete)
• béasúil

Etymology

From béas +‎ -ach. Compare Scottish Gaelic beusach.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲiːa̯sˠəx/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲeːsˠəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲeːsˠa(x)/

Adjective

béasach (genitive singular masculine béasaigh, genitive singular feminine béasaí, plural béasacha, comparative béasaí)

1. polite, well-mannered, mannerly, well-behaved, civil (behaving in a reasonable or polite manner)

   Synonyms: dea-bhéasach, dea-mhúinte, múinte, sibhialta

   Antonym: drochbhéasach

Declension

Declension of béasach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	béasach	bhéasach	béasacha; bhéasacha²
Vocative	bhéasaigh		béasacha
Genitive		béasaí	béasacha	béasach
Dative	béasach; bhéasach¹	bhéasach; bhéasaigh (archaic)	béasacha; bhéasacha²
Comparative	níos béasaí
Superlative	is béasaí

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

Derived terms

• aghaidhbhéasach
• ainbhéasach
• béasaíocht
• dea-bhéasach
• drochbhéasach
• míbhéasach
• oilbhéasach
• sobhéasach

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
béasach	bhéasach	mbéasach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “béasach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “bésach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language