beag-

See also: beag

Irish

Etymology

From beag (“little, small; few”, adjective).

Prefix

beag-

  1. small
    ‎beag- + ‎méid (“amount, quantity, extent, degree, number”) → ‎beagmhéid (“smallness”)
  2. -less
    ‎beag- + ‎cúiteamh (“recompense, compensation”) → ‎beagchúiteamh (“thanklessness”)
  3. un-, in-
    ‎beag- + ‎cainteach (“talkative; chatty”) → ‎beagchainteach (“silent, taciturn”)
    ‎beag- + ‎eaglach (“fearful, afraid; apprehensive, timid”) → ‎beageaglach (“fearless”)

Derived terms

Irish terms prefixed with beag-
beagmhisneach

Mutation

Mutated forms of beag-
radical lenition eclipsis
beag- bheag- mbeag-

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

References

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