béiceadán
Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish béiccedán (literally “little clamourer”). Compare béic (“yell, shout”, intransitive verb).
Noun
béiceadán m (genitive singular béiceadáin, nominative plural béiceadáin)
- puffball
- Synonym: bolgán béice, bolg béice
- glutton
- Synonyms: blaochán, bleadrachán, calcaire, cíocrachán, craosaire, fursaeir, gainéan, glutaire, gorb, graoisín, longaire, málaeir, slogaire, suthaire
- yeller, bawler, blubberer
- Synonyms: béiceachán, béicire
Declension
Declension of béiceadán
First declension
Bare forms:
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Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
béiceadán | bhéiceadán | mbéiceadán |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “béiceadán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “béiccedán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “béiceadán” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.