béalfhliuch

Irish

Alternative forms

  • béal-fhliuch[1]

Etymology

From béal (“mouth”) +‎ fliuch (“wet”).

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈbʲiːa̯lʲux/, [ˈbʲiːa̯lʲɯx][2]

Adjective

béalfhliuch (genitive singular masculine béalfhliuch, genitive singular feminine béalfhliche, plural béalfhliucha, comparative béalfhliche)

  1. drizzly (of the weather)

Declension

Declension of béalfhliuch
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative béalfhliuch bhéalfhliuch béalfhliucha;
bhéalfhliucha2
vocative bhéalfhliuch béalfhliucha
genitive béalfhliche béalfhliucha béalfhliuch
dative béalfhliuch;
bhéalfhliuch1 		bhéalfhliuch béalfhliucha;
bhéalfhliucha2
Comparative níos béalfhliche
Superlative is béalfhliche

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 béalfhliuch
radical lenition eclipsis
béalfhliuch bhéalfhliuch mbéalfhliuch

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

References

  1. ^ Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “béal-ḟliuch”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 87; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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

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