béile
Irish
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle English mel, From Old English mǣl, from Proto-Germanic *mēlą. The m was changed to b as a back-formation from the mutated forms, where *méile and *mhéile were reinterpreted as mbéile and bhéile.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbʲeːlʲə/
Noun
béile m (genitive singular béile, nominative plural béilí)
Declension
Declension of béile
Fourth declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- béile bainise
- béile beag
- Béile Chonáin
- béile oíche
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| béile | bhéile | mbéile |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “béile”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “béile”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “meal”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 73
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