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béic
béic
Irish
Verb
béic (present analytic béiceann, future analytic béicfidh, verbal noun béiceadh, past participle béicthe)
Conjugation
First Conjugation (A)
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| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
| indicative | present | béicim |  béiceann tú;  béicir†  | 
béiceann sé, sí | béicimid | béiceann sibh |  béiceann siad;  béicid†  | 
 a bhéiceann; a bhéiceas / a mbéiceann*; a mbéiceas*  | 
béictear | 
| past | bhéic mé; bhéiceas | bhéic tú; bhéicis | bhéic sé, sí | bhéiceamar; bhéic muid | bhéic sibh; bhéiceabhair | bhéic siad; bhéiceadar |  a bhéic / ar bhéic*  | 
béiceadh | |
| past habitual | bhéicinn | bhéicteá | bhéiceadh sé, sí | bhéicimis; bhéiceadh muid | bhéiceadh sibh | bhéicidís; bhéiceadh siad |  a bhéiceadh / ar bhéiceadh*  | 
bhéictí | |
| future |  béicfidh mé;  béicfead  | 
 béicfidh tú;  béicfir†  | 
béicfidh sé, sí |  béicfimid;  béicfidh muid  | 
béicfidh sibh |  béicfidh siad;  béicfid†  | 
 a bhéicfidh; a bhéicfeas / a mbéicfidh*; a mbéicfeas*  | 
béicfear | |
| conditional | bhéicfinn | bhéicfeá | bhéicfeadh sé, sí | bhéicfimis; bhéicfeadh muid | bhéicfeadh sibh | bhéicfidís; bhéicfeadh siad |  a bhéicfeadh / ar bhéicfeadh*  | 
bhéicfí | |
| subjunctive | present |  go mbéice mé;  go mbéicead†  | 
 go mbéice tú;  go mbéicir†  | 
go mbéice sé, sí |  go mbéicimid;  go mbéice muid  | 
go mbéice sibh |  go mbéice siad;  go mbéicid†  | 
— | go mbéictear | 
| past | dá mbéicinn | dá mbéicteá | dá mbéiceadh sé, sí |  dá mbéicimis;  dá mbéiceadh muid  | 
dá mbéiceadh sibh |  dá mbéicidís;  dá mbéiceadh siad  | 
— | dá mbéictí | |
| imperative | béicim | béic | béiceadh sé, sí | béicimis |  béicigí;  béicidh†  | 
béicidís | — | béictear | |
| verbal noun | béiceadh | ||||||||
| past participle | béicthe | ||||||||
* Indirect relative
† Dialect form
Derived terms
- béiceach (“yelling, clamorous”)
 - béiceadán (“puffball; glutton; yeller, bawler”)
 
Noun
béic f (genitive singular béice, nominative plural béiceacha)
Declension
Declension of béic
Second declension
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 Bare forms 
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 Forms with the definite article 
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis | 
| béic | bhéic | mbéic | 
|  Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.  | ||