beag
Gaelic (Scots)
/pek/
adj
Definitions
- small, little, short, diminutive
- disagreeable
- light, trifling, insignificant
- young
- sordid, miserly, niggardly
Etymology
Inherited from Old Irish bec (small, little) inherited from Proto-Celtic *bikkos (small).
Origin
Proto-Celtic
*bikkos
Gloss
small
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
小
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- beag Irish
- beagaigh Irish
- beagnach Irish
- beagán Irish
- Arth Fach Welsh
- bach Welsh
- cacen fach Welsh
- carfil bach Welsh
- cilfach Welsh
- cromfach Welsh
- picen fach Welsh
- tŷ bach Welsh
- bec Old Irish
- becán Old Irish
- beag bìodach Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- beagan Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- bìodach Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- beg Manx
- beggan Manx
- *bikkos Proto-Celtic
- *bɨx Proto-Brythonic