béalbhraiteach

Irish

Etymology

From béal (“mouth”) +‎ braiteach (“sensitive”).

Adjective

béalbhraiteach (genitive singular masculine béalbhraitigh, genitive singular feminine béalbhraití, plural béalbhraiteacha, comparative béalbhraití)

(of horse) tender-mouthed

Declension

Declension of béalbhraiteach

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	béalbhraiteach	bhéalbhraiteach	béalbhraiteacha; bhéalbhraiteacha²
Vocative	bhéalbhraitigh	bhéalbhraiteach	béalbhraiteacha
Genitive	bhéalbhraitigh	béalbhraití	béalbhraiteacha	béalbhraiteach
Dative	béalbhraiteach; bhéalbhraiteach¹	bhéalbhraiteach; bhéalbhraitigh (archaic)	béalbhraiteacha; bhéalbhraiteacha²
Comparative	níos béalbhraití
Superlative	is béalbhraití

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Related terms

cruabhéalach (“hard-mouthed”, adjective)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
béalbhraiteach	bhéalbhraiteach	mbéalbhraiteach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"béalbhraiteach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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