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:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative beangán beangáin
Vocative a bheangáin a bheangána
Genitive beangáin beangán
Dative beangán beangáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case 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
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
beangán bheangán mbeangán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
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