Beóllán

Middle Irish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (earlier) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲeːo̯l͈aːn/
• (later) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲe̯oːl͈aːn/

Proper noun

Beóllán m (genitive Beólláin)

1. a male given name

Descendants

• Irish: Beollán
  • ⇒ Irish: Ó Beolláin
    • → English: Boland
• → Old Norse: Bjólan
  • Icelandic: Bjólan

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
Béollán	Béollán pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/	mBéollán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Corráin, Donnchadh, Maguire, Fidelma (1981) Gaelic Personal Names, Dublin: The Academy Press, →ISBN, page 31