béalfhliuch

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From béal (“mouth”) +‎ fliuch (“wet”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

béalfhliuch (genitive singular masculine béalfhliuch, genitive singular feminine béalfhliche, plural béalfhliucha, comparative béalfhliche)

  1. drizzly (of the weather)

Declension

Declension of béalfhliuch
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative béalfhliuch bhéalfhliuch béalfhliucha;
bhéalfhliucha2
vocative bhéalfhliuch béalfhliucha
genitive béalfhliche béalfhliucha béalfhliuch
dative béalfhliuch;
bhéalfhliuch1 		bhéalfhliuch béalfhliucha;
bhéalfhliucha2
Comparative níos béalfhliche
Superlative is béalfhliche

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 béalfhliuch
radical lenition eclipsis
béalfhliuch bhéalfhliuch mbéalfhliuch

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

References

  1. ^ Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “béal-ḟliuch”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 243, page 122

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