beacán
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Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Possibly related to beach (“bee”).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
beacán m (genitive singular beacáin, nominative plural beacáin)
Declension[edit]
Declension of beacán
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms[edit]
Mutation[edit]
| 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[edit]
- ^ Wilson, Peter Lamborn (1999) Ploughing the Clouds: The Search for Irish Soma, San Francisco: City Lights Publishers, →ISBN, page 31
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 12
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “beacán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “beacán” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “beacán” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.