béasach

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From béas +‎ -ach. Compare Scottish Gaelic beusach.

Pronunciation

Adjective

béasach (genitive singular masculine béasaigh, genitive singular feminine béasaí, plural béasacha, comparative béasaí)

  1. polite, well-mannered, mannerly, well-behaved, civil (behaving in a reasonable or polite manner)
    Synonyms: dea-bhéasach, dea-mhúinte, múinte, sibhialta
    Antonym: drochbhéasach

Declension

Declension of béasach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative béasach bhéasach béasacha;
bhéasacha2
vocative bhéasaigh béasacha
genitive béasaí béasacha béasach
dative béasach;
bhéasach1 		bhéasach;
bhéasaigh (archaic) 		béasacha;
bhéasacha2
Comparative níos béasaí
Superlative is béasaí

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

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of béasach
radical lenition eclipsis
béasach bhéasach mbéasach

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

References

  1. ^ “béasach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

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