beggan

See also: béggan

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish becán m (“a little, small quantity”)^[1] (compare Irish beagán, Scottish Gaelic beagan). By surface analysis, beg (“small”) +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /beɡan/, [beɡan], [beɣan]

Noun

beggan m (genitive singular [please provide], no plural)

a little bit
- 1819, Yn Vible Casherick, 1 Timothy 6:4:
  T'eh moyrnagh, er beggan tushtey
  He is proud, knowing nothing (lit: of little understanding)

Mutation

Mutation of *beggan*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
beggan	veggan	meggan

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

References

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