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French
Noun béal m plural béals
( southern France ) irrigation canal
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Irish
Etymology From Old Irish bél Scottish Gaelic beul Manx beeal Proto-Celtic *weblos Welsh gwefl ( “ animal lip ” ) , Cornish gwevel
Pronunciation
Noun béal m genitive singular béil nominative plural béil
mouth ( of the face, etc. ) opening edge ( of knife ) muzzle ( of weapon )
Declension Alternate plural used in certain phrases: béala
Derived terms áireamh béil ( “ mental arithmetic ” ) amhrán an bhéil dúnta ( “ sweet silence ” ) béal abhann ( “ mouth, outfall, of river ” ) béal an chléibh ( “ pit of the stomach ” ) béal an ghoile ( “ pit of the stomach ” ) Béal Árann ( “ Aran Sound ” ) béal báire ( “ goalmouth ” ) béal balbh béal bán ( “ soft talk ” ) béal beag ( “ ribbing on stocking ” ) béal beo ( “ talk; talkativeness; the spoken language ” ) béal bocht ( “ persistent complaint of poverty ” ) béal cairbreach ( “ rugged mouth ” ) béal dorais ( “ doorway; next door ” ) béal dúnta ( “ closed mouth; close-lipped person ” ) béal faoi Béal Feirste ( “ Belfast ” ) béal fúithi ( “ upside down; prone ” ) béal gan chaomhnú ( “ blabber ” ) béal gan foscadh béal gan scáth béal gan smid ( “ silent, unsociable, person ” ) béal gearrtha ( “ cutting-face in cornfield, stack etc. ” ) béal ina chónaí ( “ discreet person ” ) béal láin ( “ low-water mark ” ) béal le hÉirinn ( “ open to the wide world ” ) béal marbh ( “ dumbness, stupidity ” ) béal na bó ( “ cowslip ” ) béal na bréige ( “ liar ” ) béal na céille ( “ sensible person, one who talks sense ” ) béal na fírinne ( “ truthful person ” ) béal rásúir ( “ razor-edge ” ) béal salach ( “ infantile thrush; sore mouth, orf ” ) béal scair ( “ gap between two nets connected at top ” ) béal tuile ( “ hydrant ” ) béal-anróch ( “ making a poor mouth, plaintive ” ) béal-láidir ( “ rough-spoken; hardmouthed ” ) béal-leata ( “ gaping ” ) béal-leathadh ( “ splay ” ) béal-leathan ( “ wide-mouthed; yawning ” ) béal-ligtheoir ( “ rope used in opening bottom of pannier ” ) béal-líofa ( “ fluent of speech ” ) béal-lódáilte ( “ muzzle-loading ” ) béalach ( “ loquacious, loose-tongued ” ) béalaireacht ( “ orality ” ) béalaithris ( “ oral account, tradition ” ) béalalt ( “ bridle-joint ” ) béalán ( “ mouthful ” ) béalastán ( “ bigmouth ” ) béalbhinn ( “ mellifluous; flattering ” ) béalbhraiteach ( “ tender-mouthed ” ) béalchlabach ( “ garrulous ” ) béalchliste ( “ ready-witted ” ) béalchnáimhseáil ( “ plaintive talk, querulousness ” ) béalchníopaireacht ( “ mean, miserly, talk ” ) béalchrábhadh ( “ lip-service to religion; hypocrisy ” ) béalchráifeach ( “ sanctimonious ” ) béalchráifeacht ( “ sanctimoniousness ” ) béalchuas ( “ buccal cavity ” ) béalchúthail ( “ shy to speak ” ) béaldath ( “ lipstick ” ) béaldearg ( “ red-lipped ” ) béaldruidte ( “ secretive ” ) béaléachtaint ( “ (spoken) hint ” ) béalfharaing ( “ oropharynx ” ) béalfhileata ( “ silver-tongued; smart-spoken ” ) béalfhliuch ( “ drizzling; fond of a drink ” ) béalfhothainiúil ( “ secretive ” ) béalgharbh ( “ roughish ” ) béalghrá ( “ lip-service ” ) béaliata ( “ tight-lipped, secretive ” ) béalmháchail ( “ defect of speech ” ) béalmhír ( “ bit ” ) béalmhúinte ( “ mannerly, polite ” ) béalóg ( “ small opening, gap ” ) béaloideas ( “ oral tradition; folklore ” ) béaloscailte ( “ wide open, agape; open; open-mouthed ” ) béalráiteach ( “ talkative; prating ” ) béalscaoilte ( “ indiscreet, unable to keep a secret ” ) béalscáthlán ( “ open shelter ” ) béalsceiteach ( “ blabbing, indiscreet ” ) béalseicin ( “ buccal membrane ” ) béalsreang ( “ string on mouth of bag, etc. ” ) béalstóinsithe ( “ taciturn ” ) béalteann ( “ firm, forceful of speech ” ) béaltirim ( “ dry-lipped, parched ” ) béaltriail ( “ oral test ” ) braon i mbéal na gaoithe ( “ blown drops of rain ” ) briathra béil ( “ spoken words ” ) buinne béil ( “ rim-wale ” ) clár béil ( “ lid ” ) comhrá béil ( “ gossip, hearsay ” ) cruabhéalach ( “ hard-mouthed of horse ” ) cuas an bhéil cuntas béil ( “ oral, verbal, account ” ) deimheas béil ( “ sharp tongue ” ) doras béil ( “ front door ” ) éist do bhéal ( “ shut your mouth ” ) faoi bhéal an aeir ( “ under the open sky ” ) faoistin bhéil ( “ oral confession ” ) folcadh béil ( “ mouth-wash ” ) galar béil ( “ thrush ” ) galar crúibe is béil ( “ foot-and-mouth disease ” ) garbh-bhéal gearrbhéalach ( “ curt, abrupt ” ) gnéas béil ( “ oral sex ” ) gunna béal-lódáilte ( “ muzzle-loader ” ) i mbéal na gaoithe ( “ in the teeth of the wind ” ) íde béil ( “ verbal abuse, revilement ” ) leathadh béil ( “ gaping ” ) luas béil ( “ muzzle-velocity ” ) mórbhéalach ( “ big-mouthed, blabbering ” ) orgán béil ( “ mouth-organ ” ) píopa béil ( “ flue-pipe ” ) port béil ( “ lilt ” ) rá béil ( “ verbal expression, statement ” ) raon faoi bhéal ( “ point-blank range ” ) salachar béil ( “ thrush; orf ” ) scagbhéalach ( “ tattling, indiscreet ” ) slat bhéil ( “ gunwale ” ) teagasc béil ( “ oral instruction; oral tradition ” ) tionóntacht bhéil ( “ parol tenancy ” )
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
References
^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019 ), “bél ”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009 ) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill , →ISBN page 419 ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931 ) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry § 207 104 ^ Finck, F. N. (1899 ) Die araner mundart 42 ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906 ) A Dialect of Donegal § 158 61
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