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bec

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bec"

Translingual

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bec

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Iceve-Maci.

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Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Onomatopoeic. From the bleating sound, with -c/ç suffix.[1]

Noun

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bec m (plural beca, definite beci, definite plural becat)

  1. lamb
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  1. ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 94

Catalan

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Latin beccus (“beak”), from Gaulish *beccos, from Proto-Celtic *bekkos.

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Noun

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bec m (plural becs)

  1. beak, bill
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Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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bec

  1. first-person singular present indicative of beure

French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French bec, from Latin beccus (“beak”), from Gaulish *beccos, from Proto-Celtic *bekkos.

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  • IPA(key): /bɛk/
    • Audio:(file)
  • IPA(key): /bɛ/, /be/ (obsolete, but retained in béjaune and bédane)

Noun

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bec m (plural becs)

  1. (anatomy) beak, bill (of a bird)
  2. (colloquial, North of France, Belgium, North America, Switzerland) kiss
    Synonyms: bécot, bise, bisou
    Elle m’a fait un bec en partant.
    She gave me a kiss in parting.
  3. (slang) mouth
    Certains l’imaginent avec une pépée, un cigare au coin du bec, quelque part sous les cocotiers.
    Some imagined him with a pipe, a cigar in the corner of his mouth, somewhere under the coconut trees.

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Descendants

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  • → Portuguese: beque

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Friulian

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Etymology

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From Latin beccus (“beak”), from Gaulish *beccos.

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bec m (plural becs)

  1. beak, bill (of a bird)

Norman

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Norse bekkr (“brook, creek, stream”).

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bec

  1. river (cf. English: beck, a stream or small river)

Old English

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Noun

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bēċ

  1. inflection of bōc:
    1. genitive/dative singular
    2. nominative/accusative plural

Old French

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From Latin beccus.

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bec oblique singular, m (oblique plural bes, nominative singular bes, nominative plural bec)

  1. beak, bill (of a bird)

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Old Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *biggos (“small”).

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Adjective

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bec (comparative lugu)

  1. small

Inflection

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o/ā-stem
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
† not when substantivized

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Adverb

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bec

  1. almost (followed by the negative particle nach)
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 90c17
      .i. bec nacham·ralae i nderchoíniud ón
      i.e. that is, it has almost cast me into despair.

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Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
bec bec
pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/ 		mbec
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French bec (de gaz).

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Noun

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bec n (plural becuri)

  1. lightbulb

Declension

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Declension of bec
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) bec becul (niște) becuri becurile
genitive/dative (unui) bec becului (unor) becuri becurilor
vocative becule becurilor

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  • → Polish: bek
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