béalaireacht

Irish

Etymology

From béal (mouth) +‎ -aire (agent suffix) +‎ -acht (abstract suffix).

Noun

béalaireacht f (genitive singular béalaireachta)

  1. oral tradition
  2. orality

Declension

Declension of béalaireacht (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative béalaireacht
vocative a bhéalaireacht
genitive béalaireachta
dative béalaireacht
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an bhéalaireacht
genitive na béalaireachta
dative leis an mbéalaireacht
don bhéalaireacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of béalaireacht
radical lenition eclipsis
béalaireacht bhéalaireacht mbéalaireacht

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

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