"bealach" meaning in Irish

See bealach in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /bʲəˈl̪ˠɑx/ [Munster], /ˈbʲalˠəx/ [Aran], /ˈbˠɑlˠəx/ [Aran], /ˈbʲalˠəx/ [Connemara, Mayo], /ˈbʲalˠa(h)/ [Ulster]
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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|mga|belach|t=gap, pass, road, path}} Middle Irish belach (“gap, pass, road, path”), {{der|ga|cel-pro|*bolko-}} Proto-Celtic *bolko-, {{der|ga|ine-pro|*bel-|t=to dig, cut off?}} Proto-Indo-European *bel- (“to dig, cut off?”), {{cog|cy|bwlch|t=gap, pass}} Welsh bwlch (“gap, pass”), {{cog|xcl|պեղեմ|t=to dig, hollow}} Old Armenian պեղեմ (pełem, “to dig, hollow”), {{cog|sa|बिल|t=hole, pit}} Sanskrit बिल (bila, “hole, pit”) Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|bealaigh|||||||nominative plural|bealaí|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} bealach m (genitive singular bealaigh, nominative plural bealaí), {{ga-noun|m|bealaigh|bealaí}} bealach m (genitive singular bealaigh, nominative plural bealaí) Inflection templates: {{ga-decl-m1|b|ealach|ealaigh|pl=ealaí|strong=yes}}, {{ga-mut}} Forms: bealaigh [genitive, singular], bealaí [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], bealach [indefinite, nominative, singular], bealaí [indefinite, nominative, plural], a bhealaigh [indefinite, singular, vocative], a bhealaí [indefinite, plural, vocative], bealaigh [genitive, indefinite, singular], bealaí [genitive, indefinite, plural], bealach [dative, indefinite, singular], bealaí [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an bealach [definite, nominative, singular], na bealaí [definite, nominative, plural], an bhealaigh [definite, genitive, singular], na mbealaí [definite, genitive, plural], leis an mbealach [dative, definite, singular], don bhealach [dative, definite, singular], leis na bealaí [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], bealach [mutation, mutation-radical], bhealach [lenition, mutation], mbealach [eclipsis, mutation]
  1. way Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-bealach-ga-noun-RMXnBx86
  2. road, track Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Roads Synonyms: bóthar, ród
    Sense id: en-bealach-ga-noun-rdcSQU2D Disambiguation of Roads: 1 10 37 32 1 5 1 1 1 7 3
  3. route Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Geography, Roads Categories (place): Landforms Synonyms: caoi, slí
    Sense id: en-bealach-ga-noun-ioTkBsCK Disambiguation of Geography: 4 4 33 14 5 8 4 4 4 12 7 Disambiguation of Roads: 1 10 37 32 1 5 1 1 1 7 3 Disambiguation of Landforms: 3 3 26 16 4 11 3 3 3 19 8 Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 26 21 5 5 1 1 13 19 5
  4. passage, thoroughfare Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Roads
    Sense id: en-bealach-ga-noun-UFGhdl-i Disambiguation of Roads: 1 10 37 32 1 5 1 1 1 7 3
  5. direction Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-bealach-ga-noun-k8Sr4nzx
  6. distance, journey Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-bealach-ga-noun-g~QzH9lf
  7. manner, method Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-bealach-ga-noun-TO~2Y8fA
  8. manner, respect Tags: masculine Synonyms: bóthar, modh
    Sense id: en-bealach-ga-noun-erWvG5T9
  9. pass Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-bealach-ga-noun-10~w7o2j
  10. passage, sound (long narrow inlet) Tags: masculine Synonyms: béal, caolas, sunda
    Sense id: en-bealach-ga-noun-N3PAQhGK
  11. (broadcasting) channel Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Broadcasting Synonyms: cainéal
    Sense id: en-bealach-ga-noun-aeNlaM2L Topics: broadcasting, media
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 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

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  "derived": [
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      "word": "aerbhealach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ar an mbealach céanna"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ar aon bhealach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ar bhealach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ar bhealach éigin"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ar chéad bealach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ar gach uile bhealach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "as bealach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "athbhealach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bealach aeir"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bealach aic"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bealach amach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bealach análaithe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bealach bus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bealach cise"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bealach coise"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bealach cúil"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bealach éalaithe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bealach iarainn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bealach imdháilte"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bealach iompair"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bealach isteach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bealach mara"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bealach mór"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Bealach na Bó Finne"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bealach oibre"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bealach stuach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bealach trádála"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bealach trasna"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bealach uisce"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "carrbhealac"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "crosbhealach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "débhealach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fobhealach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "glanbhealach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "íosbhealach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "leath bealaigh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "luasbhealach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mórbhealach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mótarbhealach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "rotharbhealach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "saorbhealach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "seachbhealach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "siúlbhealach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "taobh-bhealach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tarbhealach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tollbhealach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "trasbhealach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "uasbhealach"
    }
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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "mga",
        "3": "belach",
        "t": "gap, pass, road, path"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Irish belach (“gap, pass, road, path”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*bolko-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *bolko-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bel-",
        "t": "to dig, cut off?"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *bel- (“to dig, cut off?”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "bwlch",
        "t": "gap, pass"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh bwlch (“gap, pass”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xcl",
        "2": "պեղեմ",
        "t": "to dig, hollow"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Armenian պեղեմ (pełem, “to dig, hollow”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "बिल",
        "t": "hole, pit"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit बिल (bila, “hole, pit”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bealaigh",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bealaí",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-decl-m1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bealach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bealaí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a bhealaigh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a bhealaí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bealaigh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bealaí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bealach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bealaí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-decl-m1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an bealach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na bealaí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an bhealaigh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na mbealaí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an mbealach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don bhealach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na bealaí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bealach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhealach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mbealach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "eclipsis",
        "mutation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "bealaí",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "bealaigh",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "bealach m (genitive singular bealaigh, nominative plural bealaí)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "bealaigh",
        "3": "bealaí"
      },
      "expansion": "bealach m (genitive singular bealaigh, nominative plural bealaí)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "b",
        "2": "ealach",
        "3": "ealaigh",
        "pl": "ealaí",
        "strong": "yes"
      },
      "name": "ga-decl-m1"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "way"
      ],
      "id": "en-bealach-ga-noun-RMXnBx86",
      "links": [
        [
          "way",
          "way"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "1 10 37 32 1 5 1 1 1 7 3",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Roads",
          "orig": "ga:Roads",
          "parents": [
            "Road transport",
            "Transport",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "road, track"
      ],
      "id": "en-bealach-ga-noun-rdcSQU2D",
      "links": [
        [
          "road",
          "road"
        ],
        [
          "track",
          "track"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bóthar"
        },
        {
          "word": "ród"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "1 1 26 21 5 5 1 1 13 19 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 4 33 14 5 8 4 4 4 12 7",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Geography",
          "orig": "ga:Geography",
          "parents": [
            "Earth sciences",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 10 37 32 1 5 1 1 1 7 3",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Roads",
          "orig": "ga:Roads",
          "parents": [
            "Road transport",
            "Transport",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 3 26 16 4 11 3 3 3 19 8",
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Landforms",
          "orig": "ga:Landforms",
          "parents": [
            "Earth",
            "Places",
            "Nature",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "route"
      ],
      "id": "en-bealach-ga-noun-ioTkBsCK",
      "links": [
        [
          "route",
          "route"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "caoi"
        },
        {
          "word": "slí"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "1 10 37 32 1 5 1 1 1 7 3",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Roads",
          "orig": "ga:Roads",
          "parents": [
            "Road transport",
            "Transport",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "passage, thoroughfare"
      ],
      "id": "en-bealach-ga-noun-UFGhdl-i",
      "links": [
        [
          "passage",
          "passage"
        ],
        [
          "thoroughfare",
          "thoroughfare"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "direction"
      ],
      "id": "en-bealach-ga-noun-k8Sr4nzx",
      "links": [
        [
          "direction",
          "direction"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "distance, journey"
      ],
      "id": "en-bealach-ga-noun-g~QzH9lf",
      "links": [
        [
          "distance",
          "distance"
        ],
        [
          "journey",
          "journey"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "manner, method"
      ],
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        [
          "manner",
          "manner"
        ],
        [
          "method",
          "method"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "manner, respect"
      ],
      "id": "en-bealach-ga-noun-erWvG5T9",
      "links": [
        [
          "respect",
          "respect"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "bóthar"
        },
        {
          "word": "modh"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "pass"
      ],
      "id": "en-bealach-ga-noun-10~w7o2j",
      "links": [
        [
          "pass",
          "pass"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "passage, sound (long narrow inlet)"
      ],
      "id": "en-bealach-ga-noun-N3PAQhGK",
      "links": [
        [
          "sound",
          "sound"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "béal"
        },
        {
          "word": "caolas"
        },
        {
          "word": "sunda"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Broadcasting",
          "orig": "ga:Broadcasting",
          "parents": [
            "Media",
            "Telecommunications",
            "Communication",
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "channel"
      ],
      "id": "en-bealach-ga-noun-aeNlaM2L",
      "links": [
        [
          "broadcasting",
          "broadcasting#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "channel",
          "channel"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(broadcasting) channel"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cainéal"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "broadcasting",
        "media"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bʲəˈl̪ˠɑx/",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbʲalˠəx/",
      "tags": [
        "Aran"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbˠɑlˠəx/",
      "tags": [
        "Aran"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbʲalˠəx/",
      "tags": [
        "Connemara",
        "Mayo"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbʲalˠa(h)/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bealach"
}
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    "Irish first-declension nouns",
    "Irish lemmas",
    "Irish masculine nouns",
    "Irish nouns",
    "Irish terms derived from Middle Irish",
    "Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Irish terms inherited from Middle Irish",
    "Irish terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "ga:Geography",
    "ga:Landforms",
    "ga:Roads",
    "gd-noun 2"
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      "word": "aerbhealach"
    },
    {
      "word": "ar an mbealach céanna"
    },
    {
      "word": "ar aon bhealach"
    },
    {
      "word": "ar bhealach"
    },
    {
      "word": "ar bhealach éigin"
    },
    {
      "word": "ar chéad bealach"
    },
    {
      "word": "ar gach uile bhealach"
    },
    {
      "word": "as bealach"
    },
    {
      "word": "athbhealach"
    },
    {
      "word": "bealach aeir"
    },
    {
      "word": "bealach aic"
    },
    {
      "word": "bealach amach"
    },
    {
      "word": "bealach análaithe"
    },
    {
      "word": "bealach bus"
    },
    {
      "word": "bealach cise"
    },
    {
      "word": "bealach coise"
    },
    {
      "word": "bealach cúil"
    },
    {
      "word": "bealach éalaithe"
    },
    {
      "word": "bealach iarainn"
    },
    {
      "word": "bealach imdháilte"
    },
    {
      "word": "bealach iompair"
    },
    {
      "word": "bealach isteach"
    },
    {
      "word": "bealach mara"
    },
    {
      "word": "bealach mór"
    },
    {
      "word": "Bealach na Bó Finne"
    },
    {
      "word": "bealach oibre"
    },
    {
      "word": "bealach stuach"
    },
    {
      "word": "bealach trádála"
    },
    {
      "word": "bealach trasna"
    },
    {
      "word": "bealach uisce"
    },
    {
      "word": "carrbhealac"
    },
    {
      "word": "crosbhealach"
    },
    {
      "word": "débhealach"
    },
    {
      "word": "fobhealach"
    },
    {
      "word": "glanbhealach"
    },
    {
      "word": "íosbhealach"
    },
    {
      "word": "leath bealaigh"
    },
    {
      "word": "luasbhealach"
    },
    {
      "word": "mórbhealach"
    },
    {
      "word": "mótarbhealach"
    },
    {
      "word": "rotharbhealach"
    },
    {
      "word": "saorbhealach"
    },
    {
      "word": "seachbhealach"
    },
    {
      "word": "siúlbhealach"
    },
    {
      "word": "taobh-bhealach"
    },
    {
      "word": "tarbhealach"
    },
    {
      "word": "tollbhealach"
    },
    {
      "word": "trasbhealach"
    },
    {
      "word": "uasbhealach"
    }
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "cel-pro",
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bel-",
        "t": "to dig, cut off?"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "bwlch",
        "t": "gap, pass"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xcl",
        "2": "պեղեմ",
        "t": "to dig, hollow"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "बिल",
        "t": "hole, pit"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit बिल (bila, “hole, pit”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bealaigh",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bealaí",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-decl-m1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bealach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bealaí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a bhealaigh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a bhealaí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bealaigh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bealaí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bealach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bealaí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-decl-m1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an bealach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na bealaí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an bhealaigh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "na mbealaí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an mbealach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don bhealach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na bealaí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bealach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhealach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mbealach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "eclipsis",
        "mutation"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "bealaí",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "bealaigh",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "bealach m (genitive singular bealaigh, nominative plural bealaí)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "bealaigh",
        "3": "bealaí"
      },
      "expansion": "bealach m (genitive singular bealaigh, nominative plural bealaí)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "b",
        "2": "ealach",
        "3": "ealaigh",
        "pl": "ealaí",
        "strong": "yes"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "way"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
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          "way"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "road, track"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "road",
          "road"
        ],
        [
          "track",
          "track"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "bóthar"
        },
        {
          "word": "ród"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "route"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "route",
          "route"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "caoi"
        },
        {
          "word": "slí"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "passage, thoroughfare"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "passage",
          "passage"
        ],
        [
          "thoroughfare",
          "thoroughfare"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "direction"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "direction",
          "direction"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "distance, journey"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "distance",
          "distance"
        ],
        [
          "journey",
          "journey"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "manner, method"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "manner",
          "manner"
        ],
        [
          "method",
          "method"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "manner, respect"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "respect",
          "respect"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bóthar"
        },
        {
          "word": "modh"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "pass"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pass",
          "pass"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "passage, sound (long narrow inlet)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sound",
          "sound"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "béal"
        },
        {
          "word": "caolas"
        },
        {
          "word": "sunda"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "ga:Broadcasting"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "channel"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "broadcasting",
          "broadcasting#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "channel",
          "channel"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(broadcasting) channel"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cainéal"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "broadcasting",
        "media"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bʲəˈl̪ˠɑx/",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbʲalˠəx/",
      "tags": [
        "Aran"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbˠɑlˠəx/",
      "tags": [
        "Aran"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbʲalˠəx/",
      "tags": [
        "Connemara",
        "Mayo"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbʲalˠa(h)/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bealach"
}

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