béiceadán
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Irish béiccedán (literally “little clamourer”). By surface analysis, béic (“to yell, shout”) + -adán.
Noun
editbéiceadán m (genitive singular béiceadáin, nominative plural béiceadáin)
- puffball
- Synonyms: bolgán béice, bolg béice
- glutton
- yeller, bawler, blubberer
- Synonyms: béiceachán, béicire
Declension
editDeclension of béiceadán
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
béiceadán | bhéiceadán | mbéiceadán |
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) “béiceadán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “béiccedán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “béiceadán”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm