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

Mutated forms of beangánach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
beangánach	bheangánach	mbeangánach

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

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