From beathaisnéis (“biography”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
beathaisnéiseach (genitive singular masculine beathaisnéisigh, genitive singular feminine beathaisnéisí, plural beathaisnéiseacha, comparative beathaisnéisí)
singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | beathaisnéiseach | bheathaisnéiseach | beathaisnéiseacha; bheathaisnéiseacha2 | |
vocative | bheathaisnéisigh | beathaisnéiseacha | ||
genitive | beathaisnéisí | beathaisnéiseacha | beathaisnéiseach | |
dative | beathaisnéiseach; bheathaisnéiseach1 |
bheathaisnéiseach; bheathaisnéisigh (archaic) |
beathaisnéiseacha; bheathaisnéiseacha2 | |
Comparative | níos beathaisnéisí | |||
Superlative | is beathaisnéisí |
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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beathaisnéiseach | bheathaisnéiseach | mbeathaisnéiseach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.