bél

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See also: bel, Bel, BEL, bèl, bël, bel-, and ␇

Franco-Provençal

Adjective

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bél m (feminine singular bèlaa, masculine plural biôs, feminine plural bèles)

  1. beautiful

Derived terms

Hungarian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Turkic 𐰋𐰃𐰠 (bél, “waist”).[1] Alternatively, perhaps from Proto-Uralic *pälɜ (“interior, inside”).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbeːl]
  • Audio(file)

Noun

bél (plural belek)

  1. (anatomy) intestine, bowel
  2. kernel (of nut)
  3. flesh, pulp (fruit)
  4. the soft part of bread
  5. wick (candle)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative bél belek
accusative belet beleket
dative bélnek beleknek
instrumental béllel belekkel
causal-final bélért belekért
translative béllé belekké
terminative bélig belekig
essive-formal bélként belekként
essive-modal — —
inessive bélben belekben
superessive belen beleken
adessive bélnél beleknél
illative bélbe belekbe
sublative bélre belekre
allative bélhez belekhez
elative bélből belekből
delative bélről belekről
ablative béltől belektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		bélé beleké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		béléi belekéi
Possessive forms of bél
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. belem beleim
2nd person sing. beled beleid
3rd person sing. bele belei
1st person plural belünk beleink
2nd person plural beletek beleitek
3rd person plural belük beleik

Derived terms

Compound words

See also

References

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ Entry #724 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.

Further reading

  • bél in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)
  • bél in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’An Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *wewlos.[1] Compare Welsh gwefl (“animal lip”), Cornish gwevel.

Pronunciation

Noun

bél m (genitive béoil or béuil, nominative plural béoil or béuil)

  1. lip
  2. (sometimes in the plural) mouth
  3. opening

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative bél bélL béoilL, béuil
Vocative béoil, béuil bélL béoluH
Accusative bélN bélL béoluH
Genitive béoilL, béuil bél bélN
Dative bélL bélaib, bélib bélaib, bélib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Irish: béal
  • Manx: beeal
  • Scottish Gaelic: beul

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
bél bél
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/ 		mbél
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

References

  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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