Beilgeach

Irish

Etymology

From An Bheilg (“Belgium”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Beilgeach (genitive singular masculine Beilgigh, genitive singular feminine Beilgí, plural Beilgeacha, not comparable)

  1. Belgian

Declension

Declension of Beilgeach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative Beilgeach Bheilgeach Beilgeacha;
Bheilgeacha2
vocative Bheilgigh Beilgeacha
genitive Beilgí Beilgeacha Beilgeach
dative Beilgeach;
Bheilgeach1 		Bheilgeach;
Bheilgigh (archaic) 		Beilgeacha;
Bheilgeacha2
Comparative níos Beilgí
Superlative is Beilgí

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

Noun

Beilgeach m (genitive singular Beilgigh, nominative plural Beilgigh)

  1. Belgian

Declension

Declension of Beilgeach (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative Beilgeach Beilgigh
vocative a Bheilgigh a Bheilgeacha
genitive Beilgigh Beilgeach
dative Beilgeach Beilgigh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an Beilgeach na Beilgigh
genitive an Bheilgigh na mBeilgeach
dative leis an mBeilgeach
don Bheilgeach 		leis na Beilgigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Beilgeach
radical lenition eclipsis
Beilgeach Bheilgeach mBeilgeach

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

Further reading

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