bech

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See also: Bech., běch, and bệch

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *bekos, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰey- (“bee”), whence also Old English bēo (English bee), Latin fūcus (“drone”).

Pronunciation

Noun

bech m (genitive beich, nominative plural beich)

  1. bee
    • “Daith bech buide”:[1]
      Daith bech buide a húaim i n-úaim […]
      Nimble is the yellow bee from cave to cave

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative bech bechL beichL
Vocative beich bechL beuchuH
Accusative bechN bechL beuchuH
Genitive beichL bech bechN
Dative beuchL bechaib bechaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Irish: beach
  • Scottish Gaelic: beach

Mutation

Mutation of bech
radical lenition nasalization
bech bech
pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/ 		mbech

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

References

  1. ^ Reprinted in Wim Tigges in collaboration with Feargal Ó Béarra (2006) An Old Irish Primer, Nijmegen: Stichting Uitgeverij de Keltische Draak, →ISBN, page 13

Further reading

Polish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from bełch as well?”)

Pronunciation

Noun

bech m pers

  1. (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) fat child
    Synonym: bebech
  2. (Far Masovian) small child
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dziecko
    Cicho siedźta bechy, nie weta, co matka chora. ― Sit quietly, children, you don't know that your mother is sick.

Further reading

  • Antoni Krasnowolski (1879) “bech”, in Album uczącéj się młodzieży polskiéj poświęcone Józefowi Ignacemu Kraszewskiemu z powodu jubileuszu jego pięćdziesięcioletniéj działalności literackiéj (in Polish), Lviv: Czytelni Akademickiéj Lwowskiéj; "Gaz. Narod." J. Dobrzańskiego i K. Gromana, Słowniczek prowincjalizmów zebranych w ziemi chełmińskiej i świeckiej, page 298
  • Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894) “bechy”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 102

San Juan Guelavía Zapotec

Etymology

From Proto-Zapotec *kw-ettzi.

Noun

bech

  1. buzzard

References

  • López Antonio, Joaquín, Jones, Ted, Jones, Kris (2012) Vocabulario breve del Zapoteco de San Juan Guelavía‎ (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Tlalpan, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., pages 13, 29
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