beeal
Manx
Etymology
From Old Irish bél (compare Scottish Gaelic beul, Irish béal), from Proto-Celtic *wewlos (compare Welsh gwefl (“animal lip”), Cornish gwevel).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbiəl/
Noun
beeal m (genitive singular beill or beealloo, plural beill)
- (anatomy) mouth
- muzzle
- flue
- outlet
- orifice
- crater
- rim
- approach
- passage
Derived terms
- beeal-daah (“lipstick”)
- beeal-ghraih (“lip service”)
- beeal ny breinney (“cervix”)
- beeal ny hoie (“evening just before dark, nightfall”)
- caggey beeal (“slanging match”)
Mutation
| Manx mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| beeal | veeal | meeal |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 419