From béal (“mouth”) + braiteach (“sensitive”).
béalbhraiteach (genitive singular masculine béalbhraitigh, genitive singular feminine béalbhraití, plural béalbhraiteacha, comparative béalbhraití)
singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | béalbhraiteach | bhéalbhraiteach | béalbhraiteacha; bhéalbhraiteacha2 | |
vocative | bhéalbhraitigh | béalbhraiteacha | ||
genitive | béalbhraití | béalbhraiteacha | béalbhraiteach | |
dative | béalbhraiteach; bhéalbhraiteach1 |
bhéalbhraiteach; bhéalbhraitigh (archaic) |
béalbhraiteacha; bhéalbhraiteacha2 | |
Comparative | níos béalbhraití | |||
Superlative | is béalbhraití |
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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béalbhraiteach | bhéalbhraiteach | mbéalbhraiteach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.