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bheadh

analytic conditional independent of bí: “would be”

Verbdict/vʲɛə̯x/

"bheadh" means "analytic conditional independent of bí: “would be”" in Irish (verb). Pronounced /vʲɛə̯x/. Mutation forms: Séimhiú → bhheadh, Urú → mbheadh.

Mutation forms

In Irish, the first letter of "bheadh" changes depending on the grammatical context. These are the mutated forms:

MutationForm
Base formbheadh
Séimhiúbhheadh
Urúmbheadh

"bheadh" in context

Má bheadh airgead agam, cheannóin ticéid don cheolchoirm.

If I had money, I would buy tickets for the concert.

B2

Bheadh sé ag loiceadh air féin dá dtréigfeadh sé anois iad.

He would be failing himself if he abandoned them now.

B1

Go cinnte, bheadh Osama Bin Laden ag gáirí.

Osama Bin Laden would certainly be laughing.

B1

Níor ghá gur thomhaltóirí nuachta iad an lucht léitheoireachta nó éisteachta a thuilleadh ach táirgeoirí a bheadh in inmhe a gcuid tuairiscí féin a bhailiú.

Readers and listeners did not have to be consumers of news anymore but producers who were able to collect their own reports.

C1

Ní bheifeá ag súil leis an doimhneacht chéanna tuairimíochta uathu is a bheadh ó phostálacha níba fhaide ar nós blag nó colún ar líne.

You wouldn't expect the same opiniated depth from them as you would from longer posts such as blogs or online columns.

C1

Further reading

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