biail

See also: biáil

Irish

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /bʲiəlʲ/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /bʲiəl/, /bʲeːl/

Noun

biail f (genitive singular biaile, nominative plural biailí)

1. axe, hatchet

Inflection

Declension of biail

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative biail biailí Vocative a bhiail a bhiailí Genitive biaile biailí Dative biail biailí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an bhiail na biailí Genitive na biaile na mbiailí Dative leis an mbiail don bhiail leis na biailí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
biail	bhiail	mbiail
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “biail”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, 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