beadaí

Irish

Alternative forms

  • beadaidhe (superseded)
  • beadaighe, beaduidhe, beaduighe (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

From Middle Irish betaide (“fond of dainties; impudent”). Perhaps related to peata.[2]

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbʲad̪ˠi(ː)/

Adjective

beadaí

  1. sweet-toothed
  2. dainty, fastidious (about food); fond of dainties and delicacies
  3. saucy

Declension

Declension of beadaí
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative beadaí bheadaí beadaí;
bheadaí2
vocative bheadaí beadaí
genitive beadaí beadaí beadaí
dative beadaí;
bheadaí1 		bheadaí beadaí;
bheadaí2
Comparative níos beadaí
Superlative is beadaí

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

Derived terms

  • beadaíocht (“daintiness, fastidiousness (about food)”)
  • billíní beadaí (“dainties”)

Noun

beadaí m (genitive singular beadaí, nominative plural beadaithe)

  1. epicure, gourmet, lover of dainties and delicacies
  2. (childish) goose

Declension

Declension of beadaí (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative beadaí beadaithe
vocative a bheadaí a bheadaithe
genitive beadaí beadaithe
dative beadaí beadaithe
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an beadaí na beadaithe
genitive an bheadaí na mbeadaithe
dative leis an mbeadaí
don bheadaí 		leis na beadaithe

Mutation

Mutated forms of beadaí
radical lenition eclipsis
beadaí bheadaí mbeadaí

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

References

  1. ^ “beadaí”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “betaide”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “beadaiḋe”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 85; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “beadaí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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