beeal

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish bél (compare Scottish Gaelic beul, Irish béal), possibly from Proto-Celtic *weblos (compare Welsh gwefl (“animal lip”), Cornish gwevel).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbiəl/

Noun

beeal m (genitive singular beill or beealloo, plural beill)

  1. (anatomy) mouth
  2. muzzle
  3. flue
  4. outlet
  5. orifice
  6. crater
  7. rim
  8. approach
  9. passage

Derived terms

  • beeal ny breinney (“cervix”)
  • beeal ny hoie (“evening just before dark, nightfall”)
  • beeal-daah (“lipstick”)
  • beeal-ghraih (“lip service”)
  • caggey beeal (“slanging match”)

Mutation

Mutation of beeal
radical lenition eclipsis
beeal veeal meeal

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

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 419
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