bedgach

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• bidgach

Etymology

From bedg +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʲeð.ɡəx/
  • (Blasse) [ˈbʲeð.ɡax]
  • (Griffith) [ˈbʲeð.ɡəx]

Adjective

bedgach

1. starting, leaping, jumping

Declension

o/ā-stem

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	bedgach	bedgach	bedgach
vocative	bedgaig* bedgach**
accusative	bedgach	bedgaig
genitive	bedgaig	bedgaige	bedgaig
dative	bedguch	bedgaig	bedguch
plural	masculine	feminine/neuter
nominative	bedgaig	bedgacha
vocative	bedgachu bedgacha†
accusative	bedgachu bedgacha†
genitive	bedgach
dative	bedgachaib

*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative
**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized

Descendants

• Irish: bíogach

Mutation

Mutation of bedgach

radical	lenition	nasalization
bedgach	bedgach pronounced with /βʲ-/	mbedgach

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 bedgach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language