beagán

See also: beagan

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /bʲəˈɡɑːn̪ˠ/, [bʲəˈɡɑ̃ːn̪ˠ]
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɞɡɑːn/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɨ̞ɡanˠ/, /ˈbʲɨ̞ɡan̪ˠ/

Noun

beagán m (genitive singular beagáin, nominative plural beagáin)

1. a little, a bit (small amount) [with genitive]
2. a few [with 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

Mutated forms of beagán

radical	lenition	eclipsis
beagán	bheagán	mbeagán

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “beagán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈpea̯kaːn/

Verb

beagán

1. first-person singular present indicative of beahkit