beacán

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Possibly related to beach (“bee”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbˠɔkanˠ/[2] (corresponding to the alternative form bocán)

Noun

beacán m (genitive singular beacáin, nominative plural beacáin)

  1. mushroom
    Synonym: muisiriún

Declension

Declension of beacán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative beacán beacáin
vocative a bheacáin a bheacána
genitive beacáin beacán
dative beacán beacáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an beacán na beacáin
genitive an bheacáin na mbeacán
dative leis an mbeacán
don bheacán 		leis na beacáin

Derived terms

  • beacán capaill
  • beacán cnaipe
  • beacán draíochta

Mutation

Mutated forms of beacán
radical lenition eclipsis
beacán bheacán mbeacán

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

References

  1. ^ Wilson, Peter Lamborn (1999) Ploughing the Clouds: The Search for Irish Soma, San Francisco: City Lights Publishers, →ISBN, page 31
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 12

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