biatach

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish bíatach.[2][3] By surface analysis, bia (“food”) +‎ -ach

Pronunciation

Noun

biatach m (genitive singular biataigh, nominative plural biataigh)

  1. victualler
  2. (historical) hospitaller
  3. feeder of the poor, someone generous with food

Declension

Declension of biatach (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative biatach biataigh
vocative a bhiataigh a bhiatacha
genitive biataigh biatach
dative biatach biataigh
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an biatach na biataigh
genitive an bhiataigh na mbiatach
dative leis an mbiatach
don bhiatach 		leis na biataigh

Descendants

  • → English: betagh

Adjective

biatach (genitive singular masculine biataigh, genitive singular feminine biataí, plural biatacha, not comparable)

  1. providing food

Declension

Declension of biatach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative biatach bhiatach biatacha;
bhiatacha2
vocative bhiataigh biatacha
genitive biataí biatacha biatach
dative biatach;
bhiatach1 		bhiatach;
bhiataigh (archaic) 		biatacha;
bhiatacha2
Comparative (not comparable)
Superlative (not comparable)

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 biatach
radical lenition eclipsis
biatach bhiatach mbiatach

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

References

  1. ^ “biatach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 bíattach (noun)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 bíattach (adjective)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 163, page 62

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