beach chapaill

Irish

Etymology

Literally “horse bee”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʲax ˈxapˠəl̠ʲ/

Noun

beach chapaill f (genitive singular beiche capaill, nominative plural beacha capaill)

1. wasp (insect)

   Synonyms: beach ghabhair, foiche

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
beach chapaill	bheach chapaill	mbeach chapaill
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “beach chapaill”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 44