béiceach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish béiccech (“crying, roaring”); synchronically, béic (“yell, shout”, verb) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

béiceach (genitive singular masculine béicigh, genitive singular feminine béicí, plural béiceacha, comparative béicí)

  1. yelling; clamorous

Declension
Declension of béiceach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative béiceach bhéiceach béiceacha;
bhéiceacha²
Vocative bhéicigh béiceacha
Genitive béicí béiceacha béiceach
Dative béiceach;
bhéiceach¹		 bhéiceach;
bhéicigh (archaic)		 béiceacha;
bhéiceacha²
Comparative níos béicí
Superlative is béicí

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

Noun

béiceach f (genitive singular béiceiche, nominative plural béiceacha)

  1. Synonym of béicíl (“(act of) yelling, shouting”)

Declension
Declension of béiceach

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative béiceach béiceacha
Vocative a bhéiceach a bhéiceacha
Genitive béiceiche béiceach
Dative béiceach béiceacha

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an bhéiceach na béiceacha
Genitive na béiceiche na mbéiceach
Dative leis an mbéiceach

don bhéiceach

 leis na béiceacha

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
béiceach bhéiceach mbéiceach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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