bealadh

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish belad.

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbʲahlˠu/, /ˈbʲahl̪ˠu/[1] (as if spelled beathladh)

Noun

bealadh m (genitive singular bealaidh)

  1. grease, lubricant
  2. (act of) greasing

Declension

Declension of bealadh (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative bealadh
vocative a bhealaidh
genitive bealaidh
dative bealadh
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an bealadh
genitive an bhealaidh
dative leis an mbealadh
don bhealadh

Derived terms

  • banda bealaidh (“greaseband”)
  • bealaigh (“to grease”)
  • cuir bealadh faoi d'ioscaidí (“to hurry up, be nippy”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of bealadh
radical lenition eclipsis
bealadh bhealadh mbealadh

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 71

Further reading

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