biáil
See also: biail
Old Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Celtic *biyatlis, from the root of *binati (whence benaid). Cognate with Welsh bwyell.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbïáil m (genitive béla)
- axe, hatchet
- 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. 112b12
- Is déniu ad·ciam húa ṡúlib risíu ro·cloammar in fogur húa chluasaib, ut est is toísigiu ad·ciam teilciud in béla resíu ro·cloammar a guth sidi.
- We see more quickly with the eyes before we hear the sound with the ears, ut est we see the throwing of the axe sooner before we hear the sound of this.
- c. 850-875, Turin Glosses and Scholia on St Mark, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 484–94, Tur. 106
- .i. do·cer in biail dia samthig issa mmuir 7 fo·caird Eleseus a samthig inna diad 7 do·luid in biail a rithissi ar chenn in samthige co mboi impe.
- That is, the ax-head fell from its handle into the sea and Elisha flung its handle after it and the ax-head came again to meet the handle and remained around it.
- 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. 112b12
Inflection
editMasculine i-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | biáil | biáilL | belaiH |
Vocative | biáil | biáilL | belaiH |
Accusative | biáilN | biáilL | belaiH |
Genitive | beloH, belaH | beloH, belaH | belaeN |
Dative | biáilL | belaib | belaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants
editMutation
editOld Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
biáil | biáil pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/ |
mbiáil |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bíail, biáil”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Categories:
- Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰeyh₂- (strike)
- Old Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Old Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old Irish lemmas
- Old Irish nouns
- Old Irish masculine nouns
- Old Irish terms with quotations
- Old Irish masculine or feminine i-stem nouns
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