beacán

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Possibly related to beach (“bee”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbˠɔkanˠ/[2] (corresponding to the alternative form bocán)

Noun

beacán m (genitive singular beacáin, nominative plural beacáin)

  1. mushroom
    Synonym: muisiriún

Declension
Declension of beacán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative beacán beacáin
Vocative a bheacáin a bheacána
Genitive beacáin beacán
Dative beacán beacáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an beacán na beacáin
Genitive an bheacáin na mbeacán
Dative leis an mbeacán

don bheacán

 leis na beacáin

Derived terms
  • beacán capaill
  • beacán cnaipe
  • beacán draíochta

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
beacán bheacán mbeacán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Wilson, Peter Lamborn (1999) Ploughing the Clouds: The Search for Irish Soma, San Francisco: City Lights Publishers, →ISBN, page 31
  2. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 12

Further reading
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