béalbhraiteach

Irish

Etymology

From béal (“mouth”) +‎ braiteach (“sensitive”).

Adjective

béalbhraiteach (genitive singular masculine béalbhraitigh, genitive singular feminine béalbhraití, plural béalbhraiteacha, comparative béalbhraití)

  1. tender-mouthed (of horse)

Declension

Declension of béalbhraiteach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative béalbhraiteach bhéalbhraiteach béalbhraiteacha;
bhéalbhraiteacha2
vocative bhéalbhraitigh béalbhraiteacha
genitive béalbhraití béalbhraiteacha béalbhraiteach
dative béalbhraiteach;
bhéalbhraiteach1 		bhéalbhraiteach;
bhéalbhraitigh (archaic) 		béalbhraiteacha;
bhéalbhraiteacha2
Comparative níos béalbhraití
Superlative is béalbhraití

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 béalbhraiteach
radical lenition eclipsis
béalbhraiteach bhéalbhraiteach mbéalbhraiteach

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

References

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