bealadh

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish belad.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

bealadh m (genitive singular bealaidh)

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

Declension

Declension of bealadh (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative bealadh
vocative a bhealaidh
genitive bealaidh
dative bealadh
forms with the definite article
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

Mutated forms of bealadh
radical lenition eclipsis
bealadh bhealadh mbealadh

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bélad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 187, page 71

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