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Béarla

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Etymology

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Ellipsis of Béarla gallda (“foreign speech”) from béarla (“speech, language”), from Old Irish bélrae, from bél (“mouth”).[1][2] Compare Scottish Gaelic Beurla Ghallta.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Béarla m (genitive Béarla)

  1. English (language)
    Is fearr Gaeilge bhriste ná Béarla cliste. (proverb)
    Broken Irish is better than clever English.

Usage notes

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The definite article is not always used with this noun.

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
Béarla Bhéarla mBéarla
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bélrae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ anonymous author (2023 November 9) “Béarla, Punt, Fliuch: A history of Ireland in 10 little words”, in The Irish Times‎[1], retrieved 2024-05-01
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 77, page 42
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 86, page 35

Further reading

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