béal

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See also: beal and Beal

French[edit]

Noun[edit]

béal m (plural béals)

  1. (southern France) small irrigation canal

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Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish bél (compare Scottish Gaelic beul, Manx beeal), from Proto-Celtic *wewlos (compare Welsh gwefl (animal lip), Cornish gwevel).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

béal m (genitive singular béil, nominative plural béil)

  1. mouth (of the face, etc.)
  2. opening
  3. edge (of knife)
  4. muzzle (of weapon)

Declension[edit]

  • Alternate plural used in certain phrases: béala

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Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
béal bhéal mbéal
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 419

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