beartach

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish bertach. By surface analysis, beart (“maneuver, action”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈbʲaɾˠt̪ˠəx/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbʲaɾˠt̪ˠa(x)/

Adjective

beartach (genitive singular masculine beartaigh, genitive singular feminine beartaí, plural beartacha, comparative beartaí)

  1. scheming; contriving

Declension

Declension of beartach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative beartach bheartach beartacha;
bheartacha2
vocative bheartaigh beartacha
genitive beartaí beartacha beartach
dative beartach;
bheartach1 		bheartach;
bheartaigh (archaic) 		beartacha;
bheartacha2
Comparative níos beartaí
Superlative is beartaí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

  • sconnabheartach (“impulsive”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of beartach
radical lenition eclipsis
beartach bheartach mbeartach

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

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish bertach.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpjarˠʃtəx/

Adjective

beartach

  1. rich, wealthy
  2. of, or belonging to, a machine
  3. sheathed
  4. like a sheath or scabbard
  5. too much

Mutation

Mutation of beartach
radical lenition
beartach bheartach

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

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “beartach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bertach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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