béascna

Irish

Alternative forms

  • béascnaíocht

Etymology

From béas (“custom”)(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “never heard of a suffix -cna”)

Noun

béascna f (genitive singular béascna, nominative plural béascnaí)

  1. mode of conduct; custom, usage
  2. culture

Declension

Declension of béascna (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative béascna béascnaí
vocative a bhéascna a bhéascnaí
genitive béascna béascnaí
dative béascna béascnaí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an bhéascna na béascnaí
genitive na béascna na mbéascnaí
dative leis an mbéascna
don bhéascna 		leis na béascnaí

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of béascna
radical lenition eclipsis
béascna bhéascna mbéascna

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) “béascna”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “ceremony”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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