bídeach

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Related to bídeog but with the suffix -ach.

Pronunciation

Adjective

bídeach (genitive singular masculine bídigh, genitive singular feminine bídí, plural bídeacha, comparative bídí)

  1. tiny, wee, microscopic, diminutive, minute, puny, pygmy

Declension

Related terms

Noun

bídeach f (genitive singular bídí, nominative plural bídeacha)

  1. tiny girl, woman

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bídeach bhídeach mbídeach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 76

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