beayn

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish búan (“lasting, enduring; constant, firm, persevering”).[1] Cognates Irish buan and Scottish Gaelic buan.

Pronunciation

Adjective

beayn (comparative beayney)

  1. steady, firm, durable
  2. permanent, constant eternal,

Mutation

Mutation of beayn
radical lenition eclipsis
beayn veayn meayn

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “búan”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Christopher Lewin (forthcoming) Sheean as Screeu, St John's: Culture Vannin, page 78
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