dea-bhéasach
Irish
Alternative forms
- deagh-bhéasach, deaghbhéasach, deaghbheusach, deághbheusach, deagh-bhéasach, deágh-bhéasach, deagh-bheusach, deighbhéasach, deigh-bhéasach, deighbheusach (obsolete)
Etymology
From dea- + béasach, from béas + -ach
Pronunciation
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /dʲaˈvʲeːsˠəx/
Adjective
dea-bhéasach (genitive singular masculine dea-bhéasaigh, genitive singular feminine dea-bhéasaí, plural dea-bhéasacha, comparative dea-bhéasaí)
- well-mannered, well-behaved
- Synonyms: béasach, dea-mhúinte, múinte, suáilceach
Declension
Declension of dea-bhéasach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | dea-bhéasach | dhea-bhéasach | dea-bhéasacha; dhea-bhéasacha² | |
Vocative | dhea-bhéasaigh | dea-bhéasacha | ||
Genitive | dea-bhéasaí | dea-bhéasacha | dea-bhéasach | |
Dative | dea-bhéasach; dhea-bhéasach¹ | dhea-bhéasach; dhea-bhéasaigh (archaic) | dea-bhéasacha; dhea-bhéasacha² | |
Comparative | níos dea-bhéasaí | |||
Superlative | is dea-bhéasaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
dea-bhéasach | dhea-bhéasach | ndea-bhéasach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- “dea-bhéasach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “deiġ-ḃéasaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 233
- Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 77.
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “dea-bhéasach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN