becc

See also: Becc.

Old Irish

Adjective

becc

1. alternative spelling of bec

Inflection

o/ā-stem

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	becc	becc	becc
vocative	bicc* becc**
accusative	becc	bicc
genitive	bicc	bicce	bicc
dative	biucc	bicc	biucc
plural	masculine	feminine/neuter
nominative	bicc	becca
vocative	biccu becca†
accusative	biccu becca†
genitive	becc
dative	beccaib

*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative
**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized

Mutation

Mutation of becc

radical	lenition	nasalization
becc	becc pronounced with /βʲ-/	mbecc

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Tarifit

Root
b-c-c
7 terms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber. Probably ultimately onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• (Nador) IPA^(key): [βəʃː]
• Syllabification: becc
• Rhymes: -əʃː

Verb

becc (verbal noun abeccic or abecci or řbecc, Tifinagh spelling ⴱⴻⵛⵛ) (intransitive)

1. to urinate, to piss

Conjugation

Conjugation of becc

aorist perfective negative perfective imperfective negative imperfective participle ibeccen ibeccen ibeccen yettbeccacen yettbeccacen singular plural 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person aorist m becceɣ tbecced ibecc nbecc tbeccem beccen f tbecc tbeccent beccent perfective m becceɣ tbecced ibecc nbecc tbeccem beccen f tbecc tbeccent beccent negative perfective m becceɣ tbecced ibecc nbecc tbeccem beccen f tbecc tbeccent beccent imperfective m ttbeccaceɣ tettbeccaced yettbeccac nettbeccac tettbeccacem ttbeccacen f tettbeccac tettbeccacent ttbeccacent negative imperfective m ttbeccaceɣ tettbeccaced yettbeccac nettbeccac tettbeccacem ttbeccacen f tettbeccac tettbeccacent ttbeccacent aorist imperative m becc beccem, beccet f beccent imperfective imperative m ttbeccac ttbeccacem, ttbeccacet f ttbeccacent injunctive m nbeccet f nbeccent

References

• Serhoual (2002)
• Abarrou (2024)