bél
See also: Appendix:Variations of "bel"
Franco-Provençal
Alternative forms
Etymology
Adjective
bél (feminine bèla, masculine plural béls, feminine plural bèles)
Derived terms
References
- beau in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
- bél in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu
Hungarian
Alternative forms
- bel (archaic)
Etymology
From Old Turkic 𐰋𐰃𐰠 (b²il² /bél/, “waist”).[1] Alternatively, perhaps from Proto-Uralic *pälɜ (“interior, inside”).[2][3]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbeːl]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -eːl
Noun
bél (plural belek)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | bél | belek |
| accusative | belet | beleket |
| dative | bélnek | beleknek |
| instrumental | béllel | belekkel |
| causal-final | bélért | belekért |
| translative | béllé | belekké |
| terminative | bélig | belekig |
| essive-formal | bélként | belekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | bélben | belekben |
| superessive | belen | beleken |
| adessive | bélnél | beleknél |
| illative | bélbe | belekbe |
| sublative | bélre | belekre |
| allative | bélhez | belekhez |
| elative | bélből | belekből |
| delative | bélről | belekről |
| ablative | béltől | belektől |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
bélé | beleké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
béléi | belekéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | belem | beleim |
| 2nd person sing. | beled | beleid |
| 3rd person sing. | bele | belei |
| 1st person plural | belünk | beleink |
| 2nd person plural | beletek | beleitek |
| 3rd person plural | belük | beleik |
Derived terms
Compound words with this term at the beginning
- bélátfúródás
- bélbaj
- bélbaktérium
- bélbolyh
- bélcsatorna
- bélcsavarodás
- bélebűzhödt
- bélelzáródás
- bélfa
- bélfekély
- bélféreg
- bélflóra
- bélfodor
- bélfürdő
- bélgáz
- bélgiliszta
- bélgörcs
- bélgyulladás
- bélháj
- bélhurut
- bélhúr
- béljós
- bélmozgás
- bélműködés
- bélnedv
- bélpangás
- bélpokol → bélpoklos
- bélrák
- bélrenyheség
- bélsár
- bélsugár
- bélszín
- béltisztító
- bélzsír
Compound words with this term at the end
Related terms
References
- ^ Turkic etymology in STARLING
- ^ Entry #724 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
- ^ bél in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.
Further reading
- bél in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
- bél in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).
Old Irish
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Celtic *weblos. Compare Welsh gwefl (“animal lip”), Cornish gwevel.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bʲeːl/
Noun
bél m (genitive béoil or béuil, nominative plural béoil or béuil)
- lip
- (sometimes in the plural) mouth
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 14c23
- co beid .i. co mbed a ndéde sin im labrad-sa .i. gáu et fír .i. combad sain a n‑as·berin ó bélib et aní imme·rádin ó chridiu
- so that there may be, i.e. so that those two things might be in my speaking, namely false and true, i.e. so that what I might say with [my] mouth and what I might think with [my] heart might be different
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 14c23
- opening
Inflection
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | bél | bélL | béoilL, béuil |
| vocative | béoil, béuil | bélL | béoluH |
| accusative | bélN | bélL | béoluH |
| genitive | béoilL, béuil | bél | bélN |
| dative | béulL | bélaib, bélib | bélaib, bélib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
Derived terms
Descendants
Mutation
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| bél | bél pronounced with /βʲ-/ |
mbél |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bél”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language