dea-bhéasach
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Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- deagh-bhéasach, deaghbhéasach, deaghbheusach, deághbheusach, deagh-bhéasach, deágh-bhéasach, deagh-bheusach, deighbhéasach, deigh-bhéasach, deighbheusach (obsolete)
Etymology[edit]
From dea- + béasach, from béas + -ach
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
dea-bhéasach (genitive singular masculine dea-bhéasaigh, genitive singular feminine dea-bhéasaí, plural dea-bhéasacha, comparative dea-bhéasaí)
- well-mannered, well-behaved
- Synonyms: béasach, dea-mhúinte, múinte, suáilceach
Declension[edit]
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[edit]
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| dea-bhéasach | dhea-bhéasach | ndea-bhéasach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading[edit]
- “dea-bhéasach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “deiġ-ḃéasaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 233
- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 77
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dea-bhéasach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN