bealach
See also: béalach
English
Noun
bealach (plural bealachs)
- (Ireland) A mountain pass.
- 2018, Cameron McNeish, There's Always The Hills:
- These scoured-out basins form the grain of the land but excellent tracks weave their way through glens and up over the bealachs at their heads, giving good access to the summits, and what summits they are.
Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish belach (“gap, pass, road, path”), perhaps from Proto-Celtic *bolko-, from Proto-Indo-European *bel- (“to dig, cut off?”), and possibly cognate with Welsh bwlch (“gap, pass”), Old Armenian պեղեմ (pełem, “to dig, hollow”), and Sanskrit बिल (bila, “hole, pit”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
Declension
Declension of bealach
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- aerbhealach
- ar an mbealach céanna
- ar aon bhealach
- ar bhealach
- ar bhealach éigin
- ar chéad bealach
- ar gach uile bhealach
- as bealach
- athbhealach
- bealach aeir
- bealach aic
- bealach amach
- bealach análaithe
- bealach bus
- bealach cise
- bealach coise
- bealach cúil
- bealach éalaithe
- bealach iarainn
- bealach imdháilte
- bealach iompair
- bealach isteach
- bealach mara
- bealach mór
- Bealach na Bó Finne
- bealach oibre
- bealach stuach
- bealach trádála
- bealach trasna
- bealach uisce
- carrbhealac
- crosbhealach
- débhealach
- fobhealach
- glanbhealach
- íosbhealach
- leath bealaigh
- luasbhealach
- mórbhealach
- mótarbhealach
- rotharbhealach
- saorbhealach
- seachbhealach
- siúlbhealach
- taobh-bhealach
- tarbhealach
- tollbhealach
- trasbhealach
- uasbhealach
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| bealach | bhealach | mbealach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- Petersson, Herbert (1916) “Beiträge zur armenischen Wortkunde”, in Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung (in German), volume 47, number 3/4, pages 264–265
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 96
- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 37
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bealach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “bealach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “bealach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “belach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “bealach”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 59
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle Irish belach (“gap, pass, road, path”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpjaɫ̪əx/
Noun
bealach m (genitive singular bealaich, plural bealaichean)
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| bealach | bhealach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
Further reading
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “bealach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “belach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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