beul
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch buel, earlier buedel, from Old Dutch *budil, from Proto-West Germanic *budil, from Proto-Germanic *budilaz.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
beul m (plural beulen, diminutive beultje n)
- An executioner, torturer, one who carries out executions and other judicial corporal punishments
- Synonym: scherprechter
- (figuratively) A cruel person, in act or sadistic streak
Derived terms edit
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish bél (compare Irish béal, Manx beeal), from Proto-Celtic *wewlos (compare Welsh gwefl (“animal lip”), Cornish gwevel).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
beul m (genitive singular beòil, plural beòil)
Derived terms edit
Derived terms
- beulaibh (“front”) (side)
- beul-aithris (“oral tradition”)
- beul an latha (“dawn”) (noun)
- feusag-bheòil (“mustache”)
- seòmar-beòil (“front room”)
References edit
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 419