biail
See also: biáil
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Irish bíail, from Old Irish biáil, from Proto-Celtic *biyatlis, from the root of *binati (whence Old Irish benaid). Cognate with Breton bouc'hal, Welsh bwyell.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
biail f (genitive singular biaile, nominative plural biailí)
Inflection edit
Declension of biail
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
biail | bhiail | mbiail |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 43
Further reading edit
- “biail”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “bíail, biáil”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “biail”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 66
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “biail”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN