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beag

small

Additional definitions

  • few
  • junior

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Tá lochán beag anseo.

There is a small pond here.A1

Tá an teach beag

The house is small.A1

Tá an cailín beag ag gol.

The little girl is crying.A1

Tá Tomás ina chónaí i dteach beag nach bhfuil i bhfad ón abhainn.

Tom lives in a small house not far from the river.B2

Beag an baol go n-aimseoidh sí rud ar bith ansin.

Slim chance she will find anything there.A2

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You may also meet these forms of beag in a sentence.

Base form
beag
Séimhiú
bheag
Urú
mbeag
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