beoga

Irish

Alternative forms

• beodhúil
• beoganta

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Old Irish béodae (“living, animate; lively, active, vigorous”).

Adjective

beoga

1. lively, sprightly
2. vivid

Derived terms

• beogacht f (“liveliness, vitality”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of beoga

radical	lenition	eclipsis
beoga	bheoga	mbeoga

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

References

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