beach fhiáin

Irish

Alternative forms
  • beach fhiadhain (obsolete)

Etymology

Literally, “wild bee”

Noun

beach fhiáin f (genitive singular beiche fiáine, nominative plural beacha fiáine)

  1. bumblebee
    Synonym: bumbóg

Declension
Declension of beach fhiáin

Second declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative beach fhiáin beacha fiáine
Vocative a bheach fhiáin a bheacha fiáine
Genitive beiche fiáine beach fiáin
Dative beach fhiáin
beich fhiáin (archaic, dialectal)		 beacha fiáine

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an bheach fhiáin na beacha fiáine
Genitive na beiche fiáine na mbeach fiáin
Dative leis an mbeach fhiáin / don bheach fhiáin
leis an mbeich fhiáin / don bheich fhiáin (archaic, dialectal)		 leis na beacha fiáine

Mutation

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

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