beag-
See also: beag
Irish
Etymology
From beag (“little, small; few”, adjective).
Prefix
beag-
- small
- beag- + méid (“amount, quantity, extent, degree, number”) → beagmhéid (“smallness”)
- -less
- beag- + cúiteamh (“recompense, compensation”) → beagchúiteamh (“thanklessness”)
- un-, in-
- beag- + cainteach (“talkative; chatty”) → beagchainteach (“silent, taciturn”)
- beag- + eaglach (“fearful, afraid; apprehensive, timid”) → beageaglach (“fearless”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| beag- | bheag- | mbeag- |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "beag-" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
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