beangán

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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Noun

beangán m (genitive singular beangáin, nominative plural beangáin)

  1. young branch, shoot
  2. (horticulture) scion, graft
  3. heir, scion
  4. prong
  5. (ornithology) tree-creeper
    Synonym: snag

Declension

Declension of beangán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative beangán beangáin
vocative a bheangáin a bheangána
genitive beangáin beangán
dative beangán beangáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an beangán na beangáin
genitive an bheangáin na mbeangán
dative leis an mbeangán
don bheangán 		leis na beangáin

Derived terms

  • beangaigh (“graft”, transitive verb)

Mutation

Mutated forms of beangán
radical lenition eclipsis
beangán bheangán mbeangán

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

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