béascna

Irish

Alternative forms
  • béascnaíocht

Etymology

From béas (“custom”)(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “never heard of a suffix -cna”)

Noun

béascna f (genitive singular béascna, nominative plural béascnaí)

  1. mode of conduct; custom, usage
  2. culture

Declension
Declension of béascna

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative béascna béascnaí
Vocative a bhéascna a bhéascnaí
Genitive béascna béascnaí
Dative béascna béascnaí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an bhéascna na béascnaí
Genitive na béascna na mbéascnaí
Dative leis an mbéascna

don bhéascna

 leis na béascnaí

Synonyms

Derived terms

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

Further reading
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “béascna”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “ceremony”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
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