beach chapaill

Irish

Etymology

Literally, “horse bee”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bʲax ˈxapˠəl̠ʲ/[1]

Noun

beach chapaill f (genitive singular beiche capaill, nominative plural beacha capaill)

  1. wasp (insect)
    Synonyms: beach ghabhair, foiche

Mutation

Mutated forms of beach chapaill
radical lenition eclipsis
beach chapaill bheach chapaill mbeach chapaill

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 113, page 44

Further reading

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