bealadh

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish belad.

Pronunciation
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbʲahlˠu/, /ˈbʲahl̪ˠu/[1] (as if spelled beathladh)

Noun

bealadh m (genitive singular bealaidh)

  1. grease, lubricant
  2. (act of) greasing

Declension
Declension of bealadh

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative bealadh
Vocative a bhealaidh
Genitive bealaidh
Dative bealadh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an bealadh
Genitive an bhealaidh
Dative leis an mbealadh

don bhealadh

Derived terms
  • banda bealaidh (“greaseband”)
  • bealaigh (“to grease”)
  • cuir bealadh faoi d'ioscaidí (“to hurry up, be nippy”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bealadh bhealadh mbealadh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 71

Further reading
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