aghaidhbhéasach
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom aghaidh (“face”) + béasach (“well-behaved; mannerly, polite”).
Adjective
editaghaidhbhéasach (genitive singular masculine aghaidhbhéasaigh, genitive singular feminine aghaidhbhéasaí, plural aghaidhbhéasacha, comparative aghaidhbhéasaí)
- civil-looking
Declension
editsingular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | aghaidhbhéasach | aghaidhbhéasach | aghaidhbhéasacha | |
vocative | aghaidhbhéasaigh | aghaidhbhéasacha | ||
genitive | aghaidhbhéasaí | aghaidhbhéasacha | aghaidhbhéasach | |
dative | aghaidhbhéasach | aghaidhbhéasach; aghaidhbhéasaigh (archaic) |
aghaidhbhéasacha | |
Comparative | níos aghaidhbhéasaí | |||
Superlative | is aghaidhbhéasaí |
Mutation
editradical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
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aghaidhbhéasach | n-aghaidhbhéasach | haghaidhbhéasach | not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aghaidhbhéasach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN