aghaidhbhéasach
Irish
Etymology
From aghaidh (“face”) + béasach (“well-behaved; mannerly, polite”).
Adjective
aghaidhbhéasach (genitive singular masculine aghaidhbhéasaigh, genitive singular feminine aghaidhbhéasaí, plural aghaidhbhéasacha, comparative aghaidhbhéasaí)
- civil-looking
Declension
Declension of aghaidhbhéasach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | aghaidhbhéasach | aghaidhbhéasach | aghaidhbhéasacha | |
| Vocative | aghaidhbhéasaigh | aghaidhbhéasacha | ||
| Genitive | aghaidhbhéasaí | aghaidhbhéasacha | aghaidhbhéasach | |
| Dative | aghaidhbhéasach | aghaidhbhéasach; aghaidhbhéasaigh (archaic) | aghaidhbhéasacha | |
| Comparative | níos aghaidhbhéasaí | |||
| Superlative | is aghaidhbhéasaí | |||
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| aghaidhbhéasach | n-aghaidhbhéasach | haghaidhbhéasach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- "aghaidhbhéasach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.