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Irish
Etymology
From bé (“woman, maiden”), from Old Irish bé, from Proto-Celtic *ben, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn (“woman”).
Pronunciation
Noun
Bé f (genitive singular Bé, nominative plural Béithe)
- (Greek mythology) a Muse
- Na naoi mBéithe ― The nine muses
Declension
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| Bé
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Bhé
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mBé
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Bé”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “Muse”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
Further reading
Limburgish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From earlier bei, from Middle High German bīe, from Old High German bīa, from Proto-Germanic *bijō.
Pronunciation
Noun
Bé f (plural Béjje, diminutive Béttje)
- (Eupen) bee
Derived terms