Beóllán

Middle Irish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (earlier) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲeːo̯l͈aːn/
• (later) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲe̯oːl͈aːn/

Proper noun

Beóllán m (genitive Beólláin)

1. a male given name

Descendants

• Irish: Beollán
  • ⇒ Irish: Ó Beolláin
    • → English: Boland
• → Old Norse: Bjólan
  • Icelandic: Bjólan

Mutation

Mutation of Beóllán

radical	lenition	nasalization
Béollán	Béollán pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/	mBéollán

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Middle Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Corráin, Donnchadh, Maguire, Fidelma (1981) Gaelic Personal Names, Dublin: The Academy Press, →ISBN, page 31