míbhéasach
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Irish
Alternative forms
- mí-bhéasach (supserseded)[1]
- mí-bheusach (obsolete)[2]
Etymology
From Middle Irish míbésach.[3] By surface analysis, mí- + béasach and míbhéas + -ach.
Adjective
míbhéasach (genitive singular masculine míbhéasaigh, genitive singular feminine míbhéasaí, plural míbhéasacha, comparative míbhéasaí)
- ill behaved
- ill-bred, ill-mannered
- incorrect (inappropriate, improper)
Declension
Declension of míbhéasach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | míbhéasach | mhíbhéasach | míbhéasacha; mhíbhéasacha² | |
| Vocative | mhíbhéasaigh | míbhéasacha | ||
| Genitive | míbhéasaí | míbhéasacha | míbhéasach | |
| Dative | míbhéasach; mhíbhéasach¹ |
mhíbhéasach; mhíbhéasaigh (archaic) |
míbhéasacha; mhíbhéasacha² | |
| Comparative | níos míbhéasaí | |||
| Superlative | is míbhéasaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| míbhéasach | mhíbhéasach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- ^ Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “mí-ḃéasaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 481
- ^ “míbhéasach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mí-”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “míbhéasach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN