béarmhargadh

Irish

Etymology

From béar (bear) +‎ margadh (market), a calque of English bear market.

Noun

béarmhargadh m (genitive singular béarmhargaidh, nominative plural béarmhargaí)

  1. (finance) bear market

Declension

Declension of béarmhargadh (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative béarmhargadh béarmhargaí
vocative a bhéarmhargaidh a bhéarmhargadha
genitive béarmhargaidh béarmhargadh
dative béarmhargadh béarmhargaí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an béarmhargadh na béarmhargaí
genitive an bhéarmhargaidh na mbéarmhargadh
dative leis an mbéarmhargadh
don bhéarmhargadh
leis na béarmhargaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of béarmhargadh
radical lenition eclipsis
béarmhargadh bhéarmhargadh mbéarmhargadh

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

Further reading

  • bear+market”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025