béim

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish béim, from Proto-Celtic *bēsman, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂- (“to strike”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʲeːmʲ/

Noun

béim f (genitive singular béime, nominative plural béimeanna)

1. a blow (act of striking or hitting), stroke (blow or hit)

   Synonyms: buille, cíonán

2. emphasis (special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important), stress (on a point in an argument)
3. (music) beat (pulse on the beat level)

   Synonym: buille

4. (phonology) accent (stronger articulation), stress

   Synonyms: aiceann, béim ghutha

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Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “béim”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “béim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 63
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “béim”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “béim” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “béim” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• béimm

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *bēsman (Breton boem, Cornish bom), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂- (whence also the corresponding verb benaid) + *-smn̥. Thurneysen, however, suggests that *bēsman is from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”), making it a suppletive paradigm.

Pronunciation

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Noun

béim n (genitive béimme, nominative plural béimmen)

1. verbal noun of benaid: a blow (act of striking or hitting), stroke (blow or hit)

   Synonym: bíth

   • 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. 4^d15

     In Belzefuth: is béss didu ind lïacc benir il-béim friss, et intí do·thuit foir ɔ·boing a chnámi, intí fora tuit-som immurgu at·bail-side.

     The Beelzebub: it is the custom, then, of the stone that many blows are hit against it, and he who falls upon it breaks his bones; however, he whom it falls on perishes

   • The Old Irish Table of Penitential Commutations, published in Ériu 19 (1962, Royal Irish Academy), pp. 47-72, edited and with translations by D. A. Binchy, §12

     Arrae throiscti hi mminpectu choitcend .i. "Ałł ałł manus tuas dne..." usque "...veritatis", Pr. Nr. co forcend. Canar in sin hi crosfigill fo trichait ⁊ trichait slechtan ⁊ trichae mbemmend du abuind inna degad dide.

     Commutation of a fast for ordinary minor sins: Alleluia, alleluia, in manus tuas Domine... as far as veritatis and a full Pater Noster. This is sung thirty times in cross-vigil, and thirty genuflexions and thirty blows with a whip afterwards.

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Irish: béim
• Scottish Gaelic: beum

Mutation

References

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “béim”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language