béal

See also: beal and Beal

French

Noun

béal m (plural béals)

  1. (southern France) small irrigation canal

Further reading

Anagrams

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

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
Declension of béal

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative béal béil
Vocative a bhéil a bhéala
Genitive béil béal
Dative béal béil

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an béal na béil
Genitive an bhéil na mbéal
Dative leis an mbéal

don bhéal

 leis na béil
  • Alternate plural used in certain phrases: béala

Derived terms
  • áireamh béil (“mental arithmetic”)
  • amhrán an bhéil dúnta (“sweet silence”)
  • béal abhann (“mouth, outfall, of river”)
  • béal an chléibh (“pit of the stomach”)
  • béal an ghoile (“pit of the stomach”)
  • Béal Árann (“Aran Sound”)
  • béal báire (“goalmouth”)
  • béal balbh
  • béal bán (“soft talk”)
  • béal beag (“ribbing on stocking”)
  • béal beo (“talk; talkativeness; the spoken language”)
  • béal bocht (“persistent complaint of poverty”)
  • béal cairbreach (“rugged mouth”)
  • béal dorais (“doorway”)
  • béal dúnta (“closed mouth; close-lipped person”)
  • béal faoi
  • Béal Feirste (“Belfast”)
  • béal fúithi (“upside down; prone”)
  • béal gan chaomhnú (“blabber”)
  • béal gan foscadh
  • béal gan scáth
  • béal gan smid (“silent, unsociable, person”)
  • béal gearrtha (“cutting-face in cornfield, stack etc.”)
  • béal ina chónaí (“discreet person”)
  • béal láin (“low-water mark”)
  • béal le hÉirinn (“open to the wide world”)
  • béal marbh (“dumbness, stupidity”)
  • béal na bó (“cowslip”)
  • béal na bréige (“liar”)
  • béal na céille (“sensible person, one who talks sense”)
  • béal na fírinne (“truthful person”)
  • béal rásúir (“razor-edge”)
  • béal salach (“infantile thrush; sore mouth, orf”)
  • béal scair (“gap between two nets connected at top”)
  • béal tuile (“hydrant”)
  • béal-anróch (“making a poor mouth, plaintive”)
  • béal-láidir (“rough-spoken; hardmouthed”)
  • béal-leata (“gaping”)
  • béal-leathadh (“splay”)
  • béal-leathan (“wide-mouthed; yawning”)
  • béal-ligtheoir (“rope used in opening bottom of pannier”)
  • béal-líofa (“fluent of speech”)
  • béal-lódáilte (“muzzle-loading”)
  • béalach (“loquacious, loose-tongued”)
  • béalaireacht (“orality”)
  • béalaithris (“oral account, tradition”)
  • béalalt (“bridle-joint”)
  • béalán (“mouthful”)
  • béalbhinn (“mellifluous; flattering”)
  • béalbhraiteach (“tender-mouthed”)
  • béalchlabach (“garrulous”)
  • béalchliste (“ready-witted”)
  • béalchnáimhseáil (“plaintive talk, querulousness”)
  • béalchníopaireacht (“mean, miserly, talk”)
  • béalchrábhadh (“lip-service to religion; hypocrisy”)
  • béalchráifeach (“sanctimonious”)
  • béalchráifeacht (“sanctimoniousness”)
  • béalchuas (“buccal cavity”)
  • béalchúthail (“shy to speak”)
  • béaldath (“lipstick”)
  • béaldearg (“red-lipped”)
  • béaldruidte (“secretive”)
  • béaléachtaint (“(spoken) hint”)
  • béalfharaing (“oropharynx”)
  • béalfhileata (“silver-tongued; smart-spoken”)
  • béalfhliuch (“drizzling; fond of a drink”)
  • béalfhothainiúil (“secretive”)
  • béalgharbh (“roughish”)
  • béalghrá (“lip-service”)
  • béaliata (“tight-lipped, secretive”)
  • béalmháchail (“defect of speech”)
  • béalmhír (“bit”)
  • béalmhúinte (“mannerly, polite”)
  • béalóg (“small opening, gap”)
  • béaloideas (“oral tradition; folklore”)
  • béaloscailte (“wide open, agape; open; open-mouthed”)
  • béalráiteach (“talkative; prating”)
  • béalscaoilte (“indiscreet, unable to keep a secret”)
  • béalscáthlán (“open shelter”)
  • béalsceiteach (“blabbing, indiscreet”)
  • béalseicin (“buccal membrane”)
  • béalsreang (“string on mouth of bag, etc.”)
  • béalstóinsithe (“taciturn”)
  • béalteann (“firm, forceful of speech”)
  • béaltirim (“dry-lipped, parched”)
  • béaltriail (“oral test”)
  • braon i mbéal na gaoithe (“blown drops of rain”)
  • briathra béil (“spoken words”)
  • buinne béil (“rim-wale”)
  • clár béil (“lid”)
  • comhrá béil (“gossip, hearsay”)
  • cruabhéalach (“hard-mouthed of horse”)
  • cuas an bhéil
  • cuntas béil (“oral, verbal, account”)
  • deimheas béil (“sharp tongue”)
  • doras béil (“front door”)
  • éist do bhéal (“shut your mouth”)
  • faoi bhéal an aeir (“under the open sky”)
  • faoistin bhéil (“oral confession”)
  • folcadh béil (“mouth-wash”)
  • galar béil (“thrush”)
  • galar crúibe is béil (“foot-and-mouth disease”)
  • garbh-bhéal
  • gearrbhéalach (“curt, abrupt”)
  • gnéas béil (“oral sex”)
  • gunna béal-lódáilte (“muzzle-loader”)
  • i mbéal na gaoithe (“in the teeth of the wind”)
  • íde béil (“verbal abuse, revilement”)
  • leathadh béil (“gaping”)
  • luas béil (“muzzle-velocity”)
  • mórbhéalach (“big-mouthed, blabbering”)
  • orgán béil (“mouth-organ”)
  • píopa béil (“flue-pipe”)
  • port béil (“lilt”)
  • rá béil (“verbal expression, statement”)
  • raon faoi bhéal (“point-blank range”)
  • salachar béil (“thrush; orf”)
  • scagbhéalach (“tattling, indiscreet”)
  • slat bhéil (“gunwale”)
  • teagasc béil (“oral instruction; oral tradition”)
  • tionóntacht bhéil (“parol tenancy”)

Mutation
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
  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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