beach chapaill
Irish
editEtymology
editLiterally, “horse bee”.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbeach chapaill f (genitive singular beiche capaill, nominative plural beacha capaill)
- wasp (insect)
- Synonyms: beach ghabhair, foiche
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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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. |
References
edit- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 113, page 44
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “beach chapaill”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN