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)

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

Derived terms

Mutation

Manx mutation
RadicalLenitionEclipsis
beealveealmeeal
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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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