benagán

Middle Irish

Etymology

ben (“woman”) +‎ -agán

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʲenəɡaːn/

Noun

benagán m

1. (little) woman

Mutation

Mutation of benagán

radical	lenition	nasalization
benagán	benagán pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/	mbenagán

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “benacán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language