béile

See also: beile, Beile, and bèilè

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)

  1. meal (food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time)
    Synonyms: proinn, séire

Declension

Declension of béile (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative béile béilí
vocative a bhéile a bhéilí
genitive béile béilí
dative béile béilí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an béile na béilí
genitive an bhéile na mbéilí
dative leis an mbéile
don bhéile 		leis na béilí

Derived terms

  • béile bainise
  • béile beag
  • Béile Chonáin
  • béile oíche

Mutation

Mutated forms of béile
radical lenition eclipsis
béile bhéile mbéile

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

Further reading

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