beagán

See also: beagan

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish becán m (“a little, small quantity”)[1] (compare Scottish Gaelic beagan, Manx beggan). By surface analysis, beag (“small, little”) +‎ -án.

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /bʲəˈɡɑːn̪ˠ/, [bʲəˈɡɑ̃ːn̪ˠ][2]
  • (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈbʲɞɡɑːn/[3]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbʲɨ̞ɡanˠ/, /ˈbʲɨ̞ɡan̪ˠ/[4]

Noun

beagán m (genitive singular beagáin, nominative plural beagáin)

  1. a little, a bit (small amount) [+genitive]
  2. a few [+genitive]
    i mbeagán focal ― in a few words
    Níl ach beagán cairde aige.
    He has only a few friends.

Declension
Declension of beagán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative beagán beagáin
Vocative a bheagáin a bheagána
Genitive beagáin beagán
Dative beagán beagáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an beagán na beagáin
Genitive an bheagáin na mbeagán
Dative leis an mbeagán

don bheagán

 leis na beagáin

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

Adverb

beagán

  1. a little, somewhat

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.

References
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “becán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 58
  3. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 44
  4. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 52

Further reading

Northern Sami

Pronunciation
  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈpea̯kaːn/

Verb

beagán

  1. first-person singular present indicative of beahkit
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