dea-bhéasach

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From dea- +‎ béasach, from béas +‎ -ach

Pronunciation

Adjective

dea-bhéasach (genitive singular masculine dea-bhéasaigh, genitive singular feminine dea-bhéasaí, plural dea-bhéasacha, comparative dea-bhéasaí)

  1. well-mannered, well-behaved
    Synonyms: béasach, dea-mhúinte, múinte, suáilceach

Declension

Declension of dea-bhéasach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative dea-bhéasach dhea-bhéasach dea-bhéasacha;
dhea-bhéasacha2
vocative dhea-bhéasaigh dea-bhéasacha
genitive dea-bhéasaí dea-bhéasacha dea-bhéasach
dative dea-bhéasach;
dhea-bhéasach1 		dhea-bhéasach;
dhea-bhéasaigh (archaic) 		dea-bhéasacha;
dhea-bhéasacha2
Comparative níos dea-bhéasaí
Superlative is dea-bhéasaí

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 dea-bhéasach
radical lenition eclipsis
dea-bhéasach dhea-bhéasach ndea-bhéasach

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

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