beagán
See also: beagan
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish becán m (“a little, small quantity”) (compare Scottish Gaelic beagan, Manx beggan); synchronically, beag (“small, little”) + -án.
Pronunciation
Noun
beagán m (genitive singular beagáin, nominative plural beagáin)
Declension
Declension of beagán
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- ar bheagán focal
- ar bheagán stóir
- ar bheagán stró
- beagán ar bheagán
- déan mórán agus can beagán
- duifean mór ar bheagán fearthainne
- éist mórán agus can beagán
- glór mór ar bheagán cúise
- is fearr beagán den ghaol ná mórán den charthanas
- le beagán cainte
- mórán cainte ar bheagán cúise
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| beagán | bheagán | mbeagán |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “beagán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “becán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 44
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 52
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 58
Northern Sami
Pronunciation
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈpea̯kaːn/
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