beuch

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʲeu̯x/

Noun

beuch

1. dative singular of bech

Mutation

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

Scots

Etymology

From Old English bōh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bjux/

Noun

beuch (plural beuchs)

1. branch (of a tree), bough
   • c. 1495, William Dunbar, The Tua Mariit Wemen and the Wedo:

     ane bird, on ane bransche, so birst out hir notis, / That never ane blythfullar bird was on the beuche harde [...].

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. limb (of an animal)