beochan

Irish

Alternative forms

• beochadh, beochaint, beoú

Etymology

From beoigh +‎ -chan.

Noun

beochan f (genitive singular beochana)

1. verbal noun of beoigh
2. animation

Declension

Declension of beochan (third declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative beochan vocative a bheochan genitive beochana dative beochan forms with the definite article singular nominative an bheochan genitive na beochana dative leis an mbeochan don bheochan

Derived terms

• athbheochan f (“revival, resuscitation, renaissance”)
• beochantóir m (“animator”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of beochan

radical	lenition	eclipsis
beochan	bheochan	mbeochan

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), “beochan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “beochan”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “beochan”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025