"bealach" meaning in Irish

See bealach in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /bʲəˈl̪ˠɑx/ [Munster], /ˈbʲalˠəx/ [Aran] (note: as if spelled balach), /ˈbˠɑlˠəx/ [Aran] (note: as if spelled balach), /ˈbʲalˠəx/ [Connemara, Mayo], /ˈbʲalˠa(x)/ [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|||||altform=|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-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 [error-unrecognized-form], bhealach [error-unrecognized-form], mbealach [error-unrecognized-form]
  1. way Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-bealach-ga-noun-RMXnBx86
  2. road Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-bealach-ga-noun-NiooSVLT Categories (other): Roads Disambiguation of Roads: 3 65 7 12 4 4 3 3
  3. route Tags: masculine Synonyms (route): caoi, slí
    Sense id: en-bealach-ga-noun-ioTkBsCK Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Landforms Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 2 2 48 2 4 17 9 14 Disambiguation of Landforms: 11 11 16 11 13 13 11 11 Disambiguation of 'route': 4 0 87 1 1 3 2 2
  4. passage, thoroughfare Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-bealach-ga-noun-UFGhdl-i
  5. direction Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-bealach-ga-noun-k8Sr4nzx
  6. journey Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-bealach-ga-noun-zeVokrvr
  7. manner, method Tags: masculine Synonyms (method): bóthar [manner], modh [manner]
    Sense id: en-bealach-ga-noun-TO~2Y8fA Disambiguation of 'method': 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0
  8. (broadcasting) channel Tags: masculine Synonyms (broadcasting channel): cainéal
    Sense id: en-bealach-ga-noun-aeNlaM2L Categories (other): Broadcasting Topics: broadcasting, media Disambiguation of 'broadcasting channel': 0 0 5 1 1 5 3 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bóthar [road, transport], ród [road, transport]
Categories (other): Geography Disambiguation of Geography: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "kind": "other",
      "langcode": "ga",
      "name": "Geography",
      "orig": "ga:Geography",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w+disamb"
    }
  ],
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "aerbhealach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ar an mbealach céanna"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ar aon bhealach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ar bhealach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ar bhealach éigin"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ar chéad bealach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ar gach uile bhealach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "as bealach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "athbhealach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bealach aeir"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bealach aic"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bealach amach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bealach análaithe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bealach bus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bealach cise"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bealach coise"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bealach cúil"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bealach éalaithe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bealach iarainn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bealach imdháilte"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bealach iompair"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bealach isteach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bealach mara"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bealach mór"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Bealach na Bó Finne"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bealach oibre"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bealach stuach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bealach trádála"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bealach trasna"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bealach uisce"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "carrbhealac"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "crosbhealach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "débhealach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fobhealach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "glanbhealach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "íosbhealach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "leath bealaigh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "luasbhealach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mórbhealach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mótarbhealach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "rotharbhealach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "saorbhealach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "seachbhealach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "siúlbhealach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "taobh-bhealach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tarbhealach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tollbhealach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "trasbhealach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "uasbhealach"
    }
  ],
  "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": "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": "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": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhealach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mbealach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "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": "",
        "altform": "",
        "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": {},
      "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": "3 65 7 12 4 4 3 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Roads",
          "orig": "ga:Roads",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "road"
      ],
      "id": "en-bealach-ga-noun-NiooSVLT",
      "links": [
        [
          "road",
          "road"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "2 2 48 2 4 17 9 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 11 16 11 13 13 11 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Landforms",
          "orig": "ga:Landforms",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "route"
      ],
      "id": "en-bealach-ga-noun-ioTkBsCK",
      "links": [
        [
          "route",
          "route"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "4 0 87 1 1 3 2 2",
          "sense": "route",
          "word": "caoi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 0 87 1 1 3 2 2",
          "sense": "route",
          "word": "slí"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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": [
        "journey"
      ],
      "id": "en-bealach-ga-noun-zeVokrvr",
      "links": [
        [
          "journey",
          "journey"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "manner, method"
      ],
      "id": "en-bealach-ga-noun-TO~2Y8fA",
      "links": [
        [
          "manner",
          "manner"
        ],
        [
          "method",
          "method"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0",
          "sense": "method",
          "topics": [
            "manner"
          ],
          "word": "bóthar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0",
          "sense": "method",
          "topics": [
            "manner"
          ],
          "word": "modh"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Broadcasting",
          "orig": "ga:Broadcasting",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "channel"
      ],
      "id": "en-bealach-ga-noun-aeNlaM2L",
      "links": [
        [
          "broadcasting",
          "broadcasting#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "channel",
          "channel"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(broadcasting) channel"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 5 1 1 5 3 84",
          "sense": "broadcasting channel",
          "word": "cainéal"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "broadcasting",
        "media"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bʲəˈl̪ˠɑx/",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbʲalˠəx/",
      "note": "as if spelled balach",
      "tags": [
        "Aran"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbˠɑlˠəx/",
      "note": "as if spelled balach",
      "tags": [
        "Aran"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbʲalˠəx/",
      "tags": [
        "Connemara",
        "Mayo"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbʲalˠa(x)/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "topics": [
        "road",
        "transport"
      ],
      "word": "bóthar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "topics": [
        "road",
        "transport"
      ],
      "word": "ród"
    }
  ],
  "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",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ga:Geography",
    "ga:Landforms",
    "ga:Roads",
    "gd-noun 2"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "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"
    }
  ],
  "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": "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": "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": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhealach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mbealach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "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": "",
        "altform": "",
        "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": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "way"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "way",
          "way"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "road"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "road",
          "road"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "route"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "route",
          "route"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "passage, thoroughfare"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "passage",
          "passage"
        ],
        [
          "thoroughfare",
          "thoroughfare"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "direction"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "direction",
          "direction"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "journey"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "journey",
          "journey"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "manner, method"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "manner",
          "manner"
        ],
        [
          "method",
          "method"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "ga:Broadcasting"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "channel"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "broadcasting",
          "broadcasting#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "channel",
          "channel"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(broadcasting) channel"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "broadcasting",
        "media"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bʲəˈl̪ˠɑx/",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbʲalˠəx/",
      "note": "as if spelled balach",
      "tags": [
        "Aran"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbˠɑlˠəx/",
      "note": "as if spelled balach",
      "tags": [
        "Aran"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbʲalˠəx/",
      "tags": [
        "Connemara",
        "Mayo"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbʲalˠa(x)/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "topics": [
        "road",
        "transport"
      ],
      "word": "bóthar"
    },
    {
      "topics": [
        "road",
        "transport"
      ],
      "word": "ród"
    },
    {
      "sense": "route",
      "word": "caoi"
    },
    {
      "sense": "route",
      "word": "slí"
    },
    {
      "sense": "method",
      "topics": [
        "manner"
      ],
      "word": "bóthar"
    },
    {
      "sense": "method",
      "topics": [
        "manner"
      ],
      "word": "modh"
    },
    {
      "sense": "broadcasting channel",
      "word": "cainéal"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bealach"
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: bealach/Irish 'radical' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "bealach"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "bealach",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'lenition'",
  "path": [
    "bealach"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "bealach",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'eclipsis'",
  "path": [
    "bealach"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "bealach",
  "trace": ""
}

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