béiceach
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish béiccech (“crying, roaring”); synchronically, béic (“yell, shout”, verb) + -ach.
Adjective
béiceach (genitive singular masculine béicigh, genitive singular feminine béicí, plural béiceacha, comparative béicí)
- yelling; clamorous
Declension
Declension of béiceach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | béiceach | bhéiceach | béiceacha; bhéiceacha² | |
Vocative | bhéicigh | béiceacha | ||
Genitive | béicí | béiceacha | béiceach | |
Dative | béiceach; bhéiceach¹ | bhéiceach; bhéicigh (archaic) | béiceacha; bhéiceacha² | |
Comparative | níos béicí | |||
Superlative | is béicí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Noun
béiceach f (genitive singular béiceiche, nominative plural béiceacha)
- Synonym of béicíl (“(act of) yelling, shouting”)
Declension
Declension of béiceach
Second declension
Bare forms
| Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
béiceach | bhéiceach | mbéiceach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “béiceach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “béiccech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “béiceach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “béiceach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.