biail

See also: biáil

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish bíail, from Old Irish biáil, from Proto-Celtic *biyatlis, from the root of *binati (whence Old Irish benaid). Cognate with Breton bouc'hal, Welsh bwyell.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bʲiəlʲ/
  • (Aran) IPA(key): /bʲiəl/, /bʲeːl/[1]

Noun

biail f (genitive singular biaile, nominative plural biailí)

  1. axe, hatchet

Inflection

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
biail bhiail mbiail
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 43

Further reading

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