bec
CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Occitan, from Latin beccus (“beak”), from Gaulish *beccos, from Proto-Celtic *bekkos.
NounEdit
bec m (plural becs)
Derived termsEdit
VerbEdit
bec
- first-person singular present indicative form of beure
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin beccus (“beak”), from Gaulish *beccos, from Proto-Celtic *bekkos.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
bec m (plural becs)
- (anatomy) beak, bill (of bird)
- (colloquial, North of France, Belgium, Quebec, Switzerland, Louisiana) kiss
Derived termsEdit
Derived terms
DescendantsEdit
- → Portuguese: beque
Further readingEdit
- “bec” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
AnagramsEdit
FriulianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin beccus (“beak”), from Gaulish *beccos.
NounEdit
bec m (plural becs)
Old EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
bēċ
- inflection of bōc:
Old IrishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Celtic *bikkos (“small”).
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
bec (comparative lugu)
InflectionEdit
o/ā-stem | |||
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Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | bec | bec | bec |
Vocative | bic* bec** | ||
Accusative | bec | bic | |
Genitive | bic | bice | bic |
Dative | biuc | bic | biuc |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | |
Nominative | bic | beca | |
Vocative | bicu beca† | ||
Accusative | bicu beca† | ||
Genitive | bec | ||
Dative | becaib | ||
Notes | *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative |
DescendantsEdit
MutationEdit
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
bec | bec pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/ |
mbec |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
ReferencesEdit
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “bec”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French bec (de gaz).
NounEdit
bec n (plural becuri)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of bec
DescendantsEdit
- → Polish: bek