beggan
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See also: béggan
Manx[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish becán m (“a little, small quantity”) (compare Irish beagán, Scottish Gaelic beagan). By surface analysis, beg (“small”) + -an.
Noun[edit]
beggan m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])
- a little bit
Mutation[edit]
Manx mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
beggan | veggan | meggan |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References[edit]
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “becán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language