beathaisnéisí

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲahɑʃnʲeːʃiː/
  • (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲæhɑʃnʲeːʃiː/

Etymology 1

From beathaisnéis (“biography”) +‎ -aí (agent noun suffix).

Noun

beathaisnéisí m (genitive singular beathaisnéisí, nominative plural beathaisnéisithe)

1. biographer

Declension

Declension of beathaisnéisí

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative beathaisnéisí beathaisnéisithe Vocative a bheathaisnéisí a bheathaisnéisithe Genitive beathaisnéisí beathaisnéisithe Dative beathaisnéisí beathaisnéisithe

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an beathaisnéisí na beathaisnéisithe Genitive an bheathaisnéisí na mbeathaisnéisithe Dative leis an mbeathaisnéisí don bheathaisnéisí leis na beathaisnéisithe

Related terms

• dírbheathaisnéisí (“autobiographer”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

beathaisnéisí

1. inflection of beathaisnéiseach (“biographical”):
   1. genitive singular feminine
   2. comparative degree

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

beathaisnéisí f pl

1. plural of beathaisnéis (“biography”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
beathaisnéisí	bheathaisnéisí	mbeathaisnéisí
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “beathaisnéisí”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “beathaisnéisí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “biographer”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024