beangánach

Irish

Alternative forms

• brionglánach

Etymology

From beangán +‎ -ach.

Adjective

beangánach (genitive singular masculine beangánaigh, genitive singular feminine beangánaí, plural beangánacha, comparative beangánaí)

1. branching; pronged

Declension

Declension of beangánach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	beangánach	bheangánach	beangánacha; bheangánacha²
Vocative	bheangánaigh		beangánacha
Genitive		beangánaí	beangánacha	beangánach
Dative	beangánach; bheangánach¹	bheangánach; bheangánaigh (archaic)	beangánacha; bheangánacha²
Comparative	níos beangánaí
Superlative	is beangánaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
beangánach	bheangánach	mbeangánach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “beangánach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “beangánach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “beangánach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024