beachd

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish bechta (“accuracy, preciseness”); cognate with Irish beacht (“exact position”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛxk/

Noun

beachd m (genitive singular beachda, plural beachdan)

1. opinion
2. idea, thought

Synonyms

• (opinion): barail
• (idea): smaoin

Derived terms

• beachd-smaoin (“idea; theory”)
• dalm-bheachd (“bigotry”)
• dalm-bheachdaiche (“bigot”)
• dlùth-bheachd
• ionad-beachd (“viewpoint”)

 

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
beachd	bheachd
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.