beagán
See also: beagan
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish becán m (“a little, small quantity”) (compare Scottish Gaelic beagan, Manx beggan); synchronically, beag (“small, little”) + -án
Pronunciation
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Noun
beagán m (genitive singular beagáin, nominative plural beagáin)
- a little, a bit (small amount) (+ genitive)
- a few (+ genitive)
- i mbeagán focal ― in a few words
- Níl ach beagán cairde aige. ― He has only a few friends.
- (as adverb) a little, somewhat
Declension
Declension of beagán
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- ar bheagán focal (“of few words”)
- ar bheagán stóir, ar bheagán stró (“badly off”)
- beagán ar bheagán (“little by little”)
- déan mórán agus can beagán (“actions speak louder than words”, literally “do much and say little”)
- duifean mór ar bheagán fearthainne (“much ado about nothing”, literally “much cloud bringing little rain”)
- éist mórán agus can beagán (“be patient in hearing and reserved in speech”, literally “hear much and say little”)
- glór mór ar bheagán cúise (“a lot of fuss about nothing”)
- i mbeagán focal (“succinctly”, literally “in a few words”)
- is fearr beagán den ghaol ná mórán den charthanas (“blood is thicker than water”, literally “better a little kinship than a lot of charity”)
- le beagán cainte (“in a few words”)
- mórán cainte ar bheagán cúise (“much ado about nothing”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
beagán | bheagán | mbeagán |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “beagán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “becán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Northern Sami
Pronunciation
Verb
beagán
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