béal-láidir

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Irish

Etymology

From béal (“mouth”) +‎ láidir (“strong”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

béal-láidir (genitive singular masculine béal-láidir, genitive singular feminine béal-láidre, plural béal-láidre, comparative béal-láidre)

  1. foul-mouthed (tending to use obscene or offensive language)
  2. hard-mouthed (not sensible to the bit; not easily governed)

Declension

Declension of béal-láidir
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative béal-láidir bhéal-láidir béal-láidre;
bhéal-láidre2
vocative bhéal-láidir béal-láidre
genitive béal-láidre béal-láidre béal-láidir
dative béal-láidir;
bhéal-láidir1 		bhéal-láidir béal-láidre;
bhéal-láidre2
Comparative níos béal-láidre
Superlative is béal-láidre

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of béal-láidir
radical lenition eclipsis
béal-láidir bhéal-láidir mbéal-láidir

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 243, page 122

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