béalach

See also: bealach

Irish

Etymology

From béal (“mouth”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

béalach (genitive singular masculine béalaigh, genitive singular feminine béalaí, plural béalacha, comparative béalaí)

  1. loquacious, loose-tongued

Declension

Declension of béalach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative béalach bhéalach béalacha;
bhéalacha2
vocative bhéalaigh béalacha
genitive béalaí béalacha béalach
dative béalach;
bhéalach1 		bhéalach;
bhéalaigh (archaic) 		béalacha;
bhéalacha2
Comparative níos béalaí
Superlative is béalaí

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 béalach
radical lenition eclipsis
béalach bhéalach mbéalach

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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