Irish
- béalmhach
- beulmhach (obsolete)[1]
Etymology
From Middle Irish bélbach, from Old Irish bél (“mouth”).[2]
Pronunciation
Noun
béalbhach f (genitive singular béalbhaí, nominative plural béalbhacha)
- bit (metal in horse's mouth)
Declension
Declension of béalbhach (second declension)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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béalbhach
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béalbhacha
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| vocative
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a bhéalbhach
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a bhéalbhacha
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| genitive
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béalbhaí
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béalbhach
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| dative
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béalbhach
béalbhaigh (archaic, dialectal)
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béalbhacha
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| forms with the definite article
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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an bhéalbhach
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na béalbhacha
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| genitive
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na béalbhaí
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na mbéalbhach
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| dative
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leis an mbéalbhach
leis an mbéalbhaigh (archaic, dialectal)
don bhéalbhach
don bhéalbhaigh (archaic, dialectal)
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leis na béalbhacha
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References
- ^ “béalbhach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bélbach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 222, page 113
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 197, page 75
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