beathaiste
Irish edit
Adjective edit
beathaiste
- Ulster form of beathaithe (“well-fed”)
- 1894 March, Peadar Mac Fionnlaoigh, “An rí nach robh le fagháil bháis”, in Irisleabhar na Gaedhilge, volume 1:5, Dublin: Gaelic Union, pages 185–88:
- Nuair a chuaidh sé giobhta eile, chonnaic sé cuibhreann talmhan ⁊ scota mór caorach ann, ⁊ bhí siad ramhar, feolmhar, beathaiste, gidh nach robh an féar acht go han-lom.
- When he went a little farther, he saw a piece of ground with a flock of sheep in it, and they were fat, fleshy, and well-fed, though the grass was very bare.
Declension edit
Declension of beathaiste
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | beathaiste | bheathaiste | beathaiste; bheathaiste² | |
| Vocative | bheathaiste | beathaiste | ||
| Genitive | beathaiste | beathaiste | beathaiste | |
| Dative | beathaiste; bheathaiste¹ |
bheathaiste | beathaiste; bheathaiste² | |
| Comparative | níos beathaiste | |||
| Superlative | is beathaiste | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| beathaiste | bheathaiste | mbeathaiste |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||