beathach

Irish

Etymology 1

beatha +‎ -ach

Adjective

beathach

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

Pronunciation

Noun

beathach m (genitive singular beathaigh, nominative plural beathaigh)

  1. Ulster form of beithíoch (“beast”)
Declension
Declension of beathach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative beathach beathaigh
Vocative a bheathaigh a bheathacha
Genitive beathaigh beathach
Dative beathach beathaigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case 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

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
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive 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
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
beathach bheathach mbeathach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛhəx/

Noun

beathach m (genitive singular beathaich, plural beathaichean)

  1. beast, brute, animal
    Synonym: ainmhidh

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
beathachbheathach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
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