béiceadán

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish béiccedán (literally “little clamourer”). By surface analysis, béic (“to yell, shout”) +‎ -adán.

Noun

béiceadán m (genitive singular béiceadáin, nominative plural béiceadáin)

  1. puffball
    Synonyms: bolgán béice, bolg béice
  2. glutton
    Synonyms: blaochán, bleadrachán, calcaire, cíocrachán, craosaire, gainéan, glutaire, gorb, graoisín, longaire, málaeir, slogaire, suthaire
  3. yeller, bawler, blubberer
    Synonyms: béiceachán, béicire

Declension

Declension of béiceadán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative béiceadán béiceadáin
vocative a bhéiceadáin a bhéiceadána
genitive béiceadáin béiceadán
dative béiceadán béiceadáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an béiceadán na béiceadáin
genitive an bhéiceadáin na mbéiceadán
dative leis an mbéiceadán
don bhéiceadán 		leis na béiceadáin

Mutation

Mutated forms of béiceadán
radical lenition eclipsis
béiceadán bhéiceadán mbéiceadán

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

Further reading

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