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beag-

beag-

See also: beag

Irish

Prefix

beag-

  1. small
    beag- + méid (amount, quantity, extent, degree, number)beagmhéid (smallness)
  2. -less
    beag- + cúiteamh (recompense, compensation)beagchúiteamh (thanklessness)
  3. 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.

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