beangán

Irish

Alternative forms

• beanglán, brionglán

Etymology

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Noun

beangán m (genitive singular beangáin, nominative plural beangáin)

1. young branch, shoot
2. (horticulture) scion, graft
3. heir, scion
4. prong
5. (ornithology) tree-creeper

   Synonym: snag

Declension

Declension of beangán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative beangán beangáin vocative a bheangáin a bheangána genitive beangáin beangán dative beangán beangáin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an beangán na beangáin genitive an bheangáin na mbeangán dative leis an mbeangán don bheangán leis na beangáin

Derived terms

• beangánach (“branching; pronged”, adjective)

Related terms

• beangaigh (“graft”, transitive verb)

Mutation

Mutated forms of beangán

radical	lenition	eclipsis
beangán	bheangán	mbeangán

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) “beangán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “beangán”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “beangán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025