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