béascna

Irish

Alternative forms

• béascnaíocht

Etymology

From béas (“custom”)(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “never heard of a suffix -cna”)

Noun

béascna f (genitive singular béascna, nominative plural béascnaí)

1. mode of conduct; custom, usage
2. culture

Declension

Declension of béascna

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative béascna béascnaí Vocative a bhéascna a bhéascnaí Genitive béascna béascnaí Dative béascna béascnaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an bhéascna na béascnaí Genitive na béascna na mbéascnaí Dative leis an mbéascna don bhéascna leis na béascnaí

Synonyms

• béasa

Derived terms

• débhéascna

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
béascna	bhéascna	mbéascna
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “béascna”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “ceremony”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024