beach

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Antonyms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Synonyms 1.4.2 Translations 2 Irish 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 2.3.1 Declension 2.3.2 Mutation

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Old English bæce, bece (“‘stream’”), from Proto-Germanic *bakiz

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  Rhymes: -iːtʃ

• Homophones: beech

[edit] Noun

beach (plural beaches)

1. A horizontal strip of land, usually sandy, adjoining water.

   1988: “Up and down, the beach lay empty for miles.” - Second Son, Robert Ferro

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• (horizontal strip of land adjoining water): cove, sand, strand, surf

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• depths

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[edit] Verb

to beach (third-person singular simple present beaches, present participle beaching, simple past and past participle beached)

1. To run (something) aground on a beach.

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• strand

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[edit] Irish

[edit] Etymology

From Old Irish bech < Proto-Celtic *beko- (cf. Welsh beg-egyr (“‘hornet’”)) < Proto-Indo-European *bhei- (cf. bee).

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• IPA: /bʲax/

[edit] Noun

beach f.

1. a bee.

[edit] Declension

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative beach beacha Vocative a bheach a bheacha Genitive beiche beach Dative beach beacha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an bheach na beacha Genitive na beiche na mbeach Dative leis an mbeach don bheach leis na beacha

[edit] Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
beach	bheach	mbeach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.