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See also: beagan

beag ‎(“small”) +‎ -án (compare Scottish Gaelic beagan, Manx beggan)

beagán m ‎(genitive singular beagáin, nominative plural beagáin)

a little, a bit (small amount)
a few (followed by the genitive)

i mbeagán focal‎ ― in a few words

Níl ach beagán cairde aige.‎ ― He has only a few friends.
(as adverb) a little, somewhat

Declension of beagán

First declension

Bare forms:

Terms derived from beagán

ar bheagán focal ‎(“of few words”)
ar bheagán stóir, ar bheagán stró ‎(“badly off”)
beagán ar bheagán ‎(“little by little”)
déan mórán agus can beagán ‎(“actions speak louder than words”, literally “do much and say little”)

duifean mór ar bheagán fearthainne ‎(“much ado about nothing”, literally “much cloud bringing little rain”)
éist mórán agus can beagán ‎(“be patient in hearing and reserved in speech”, literally “hear much and say little”)
glór mór ar bheagán cúise ‎(“a lot of fuss about nothing”)
i mbeagán focal ‎(“succinctly”, literally “in a few words”)

is fearr beagán den ghaol ná mórán den charthanas ‎(“blood is thicker than water”, literally “better a little kinship than a lot of charity”)
le beagán cainte ‎(“in a few words”)
mórán cainte ar bheagán cúise ‎(“much ado about nothing”)

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
beagán	bheagán	mbeagán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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