beachlann

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish bechlann (“beehive”). By surface analysis, beach (“bee”) +‎ -lann (“place”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʲaxlən̪ˠ/

Noun

beachlann f (genitive singular beachlainne, nominative plural beachlanna)

1. apiary

Declension

Declension of beachlann

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative beachlann beachlanna Vocative a bheachlann a bheachlanna Genitive beachlainne beachlann Dative beachlann beachlainn (archaic, dialectal) beachlanna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an bheachlann na beachlanna Genitive na beachlainne na mbeachlann Dative leis an mbeachlann leis an mbeachlainn (archaic, dialectal) don bheachlann don bheachlainn (archaic, dialectal) leis na beachlanna

Related terms

• beachaire m (“beekeeper”)
• coirceog f (“beehive”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
beachlann	bheachlann	mbeachlann
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “beaċlann”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 58
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “beachlann”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language