beachlann

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish bechlann (“beehive”).[1] By surface analysis, beach (“bee”) +‎ -lann (“place”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbʲaxlən̪ˠ/

Noun

beachlann f (genitive singular beachlainne, nominative plural beachlanna)

  1. apiary

Declension

Declension of beachlann (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative beachlann beachlanna
vocative a bheachlann a bheachlanna
genitive beachlainne beachlann
dative beachlann
beachlainn (archaic, dialectal) 		beachlanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an bheachlann na beachlanna
genitive na beachlainne na mbeachlann
dative leis an mbeachlann
leis an mbeachlainn (archaic, dialectal)
don bheachlann
don bheachlainn (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na beachlanna

Mutation

Mutated forms of beachlann
radical lenition eclipsis
beachlann bheachlann mbeachlann

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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