beathach

Irish

Etymology 1

beatha +‎ -ach

Adjective

beathach

  1. only used in beo beathach (“alive and kicking”)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

beathach m (genitive singular beathaigh, nominative plural beathaigh)

  1. Ulster form of beithíoch (“beast”)
Declension
Declension of beathach (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative beathach beathaigh
vocative a bheathaigh a bheathacha
genitive beathaigh beathach
dative beathach beathaigh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an beathach na beathaigh
genitive an bheathaigh na mbeathach
dative leis an mbeathach
don bheathach 		leis na beathaigh

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 10

Etymology 3

Adjective

beathach (genitive singular masculine beathaigh, genitive singular feminine beathaí, plural beathacha, not comparable)

  1. alternative form of beitheach (“planted with birches”)
Declension
Declension of beathach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative beathach bheathach beathacha;
bheathacha2
vocative bheathaigh beathacha
genitive beathaí beathacha beathach
dative beathach;
bheathach1 		bheathach;
bheathaigh (archaic) 		beathacha;
bheathacha2
Comparative (not comparable)
Superlative (not comparable)

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of beathach
radical lenition eclipsis
beathach bheathach mbeathach

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

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

  • beòthach, beothach, beitheach

Etymology

From Old Irish bethach, a variant of bethadach (“animal; creature”) (whence Irish beithíoch), from bethu, Middle Irish betha (“life”) + -ach.

Pronunciation

Noun

beathach m (genitive singular beathaich, plural beathaichean)

  1. beast, brute, animal
    Synonym: ainmhidh

Mutation

Mutation of beathach
radical lenition
beathach bheathach

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

References

  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  2. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
  3. ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath
  4. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  5. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 17
  6. ^ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN

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