nounAinmfhocal1early stages or signsI feel the beginnings of a headachebraithim tinneas cinn ag teacht ormwe've got the beginnings of a good idea heretá ábhar smaoineamh maith againn anseo2originsthe beginnings of lifetús na beatha, tosach na beathathe beginnings of Christianityfréamhacha na Críostaíochtaoften in the phrases from its beginnnings, from small/humble beginnings: see phrases below→ beginning