beangán
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Irish
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[edit]Etymology
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Noun
[edit]beangán m (genitive singular beangáin, nominative plural beangáin)
- young branch, shoot
- (horticulture) scion, graft
- heir, scion
- prong
- (ornithology) tree-creeper
- Synonym: snag
Declension
[edit]Declension of beangán
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
[edit]- beangánach (“branching; pronged”, adjective)
Related terms
[edit]- beangaigh (“graft”, transitive verb)
Mutation
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
beangán | bheangán | mbeangán |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- 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, 2013-2024