béiceadán
Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish béiccedán (literally “little clamourer”). By surface analysis, béic (“to yell, shout”) + -adán.
Noun
béiceadán m (genitive singular béiceadáin, nominative plural béiceadáin)
- puffball
- Synonyms: bolgán béice, bolg béice
- glutton
- yeller, bawler, blubberer
- Synonyms: béiceachán, béicire
Declension
Declension of béiceadán
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| béiceadán | bhéiceadán | mbéiceadán |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “béiceadán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “béiccedán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “béiceadán” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
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