beggan
See also: béggan
Manx edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish becán m (“a little, small quantity”) (compare Irish beagán, Scottish Gaelic beagan). By surface analysis, beg (“small”) + -an.
Noun edit
beggan m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])
- a little bit
Mutation edit
| Manx mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| beggan | veggan | meggan |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “becán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language