béal-láidir

Irish

Etymology

From béal (“mouth”) +‎ láidir (“strong”).

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈbʲiːɑ̯l̪ˠˌl̪ˠɑːdʲəɾʲ/[1]

Adjective

béal-láidir (genitive singular masculine béal-láidir, genitive singular feminine béal-láidre, plural béal-láidre, comparative béal-láidre)

  1. foul-mouthed (tending to use obscene or offensive language)
  2. hard-mouthed (not sensible to the bit; not easily governed)

Declension

Declension of béal-láidir
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative béal-láidir bhéal-láidir béal-láidre;
bhéal-láidre2
vocative bhéal-láidir béal-láidre
genitive béal-láidre béal-láidre béal-láidir
dative béal-láidir;
bhéal-láidir1 		bhéal-láidir béal-láidre;
bhéal-láidre2
Comparative níos béal-láidre
Superlative is béal-láidre

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 béal-láidir
radical lenition eclipsis
béal-láidir bhéal-láidir mbéal-láidir

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 243, page 122

Further reading

  • “béal-láidir”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “béal-láidir”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 87; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “béal-láidir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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