beachlann

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish bechlann (“beehive”). By surface analysis, beach (“bee”) +‎ -lann (“place”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʲaxlən̪ˠ/

Noun

beachlann f (genitive singular beachlainne, nominative plural beachlanna)

1. apiary

Declension

Declension of beachlann (second declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative beachlann beachlanna vocative a bheachlann a bheachlanna genitive beachlainne beachlann dative beachlann beachlainn (archaic, dialectal) beachlanna forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an bheachlann na beachlanna genitive na beachlainne na mbeachlann dative leis an mbeachlann leis an mbeachlainn (archaic, dialectal) don bheachlann don bheachlainn (archaic, dialectal) leis na beachlanna

Related terms

• beachaire m (“beekeeper”)
• coirceog f (“beehive”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of beachlann

radical	lenition	eclipsis
beachlann	bheachlann	mbeachlann

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “beaċlann”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 58
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “beachlann”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language