Irish
- beach fhiadhain (obsolete)
Etymology
Literally, “wild bee”
Noun
beach fhiáin f (genitive singular beiche fiáine, nominative plural beacha fiáine)
- bumblebee
- Synonym: bumbóg
Declension
Declension of beach fhiáin (second declension)
| bare forms
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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beach fhiáin
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beacha fiáine
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| vocative
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a bheach fhiáin
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a bheacha fiáine
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| genitive
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beiche fiáine
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beach fiáin
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| dative
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beach fhiáin
beich fhiáin (archaic, dialectal)
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beacha fiáine
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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 bheach fhiáin
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na beacha fiáine
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| genitive
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na beiche fiáine
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na mbeach fiáin
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| dative
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leis an mbeach fhiáin / don bheach fhiáin
leis an mbeich fhiáin / don bheich fhiáin (archaic, dialectal)
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leis na beacha fiáine
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Mutation
Mutated forms of beach fhiáin
| radical
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lenition
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eclipsis
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| beach fhiáin
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bheach fhiáin
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mbeach fhiáin
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
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