biail

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See also: biáil

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish bíail, from Old Irish biáil, from Proto-Celtic *biyatlis, from the root of *binati (whence Old Irish benaid). Cognate with Breton bouc'hal, Welsh bwyell.

Pronunciation

Noun

biail f (genitive singular biaile, nominative plural biailí)

  1. axe, hatchet

Inflection

Declension of biail (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative biail biailí
vocative a bhiail a bhiailí
genitive biaile biailí
dative biail biailí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an bhiail na biailí
genitive na biaile na mbiailí
dative leis an mbiail
don bhiail 		leis na biailí

Mutation

Mutated forms of biail
radical lenition eclipsis
biail bhiail mbiail

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

References

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 43

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