"bech" meaning in Old Irish

See bech in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈbʲex/
Etymology: From Proto-Celtic *bikos, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰik-, suffixed zero-grade of *bʰey-. Etymology templates: {{root|sga|ine-pro|*bʰey-}}, {{der|sga|cel-pro|*bikos}} Proto-Celtic *bikos, {{der|sga|ine-pro||*bʰik-}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰik- Head templates: {{head|sga|noun|||genitive|beich|||||||nominative plural|beich||{{{pl2}}}||{{{pl3}}}|cat2=|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|var=}} bech m (genitive beich, nominative plural beich), {{sga-noun|m|beich|beich}} bech m (genitive beich, nominative plural beich) Inflection templates: {{sga-decl-o-masc|beich|acc_pl=beuchu|dat_sg=beuch}}, {{sga-decl-noun|acc_du=bech+L|acc_du2=|acc_du3=|acc_pl=beuchu+H|acc_pl2=|acc_pl3=|acc_sg=bech+N|acc_sg2=|acc_sg3=|class=o-m|dat_du=bechaib|dat_du2=|dat_du3=|dat_pl=bechaib|dat_pl2=|dat_pl3=|dat_sg=beuch+L|dat_sg2=|dat_sg3=|gen_du=bech|gen_du2=|gen_du3=|gen_pl=bech+N|gen_pl2=|gen_pl3=|gen_pl4=|gen_sg=beich+L|gen_sg2=|gen_sg3=|n=|nom_du=bech+L|nom_du2=|nom_du3=|nom_pl=beich+L|nom_pl2=|nom_pl3=|nom_sg=bech|nom_sg2=|nom_sg3=|voc_du=bech+L|voc_du2=|voc_du3=|voc_pl=beuchu+H|voc_pl2=|voc_pl3=|voc_sg=beich|voc_sg2=|voc_sg3=}}, {{sga-mutation}} Forms: beich [genitive], beich [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], bech [nominative, singular], bech [dual, nominative], beich [nominative, plural], beich [singular, vocative], bech [dual, vocative], beuchu [plural, vocative], bech [accusative, singular], bech [accusative, dual], beuchu [accusative, plural], beich [genitive, singular], bech [dual, genitive], bech [genitive, plural], beuch [dative, singular], bechaib [dative, dual], bechaib [dative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], bech [mutation, mutation-radical], bech [lenition, mutation], mbech [error-unrecognized-form, mutation]
  1. bee (a flying insect, of the clade Anthophila within the hymenopteran superfamily Apoidea, known for its organised societies (though only a minority have them), for collecting pollen and (in some species) producing wax and honey) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-bech-sga-noun-kM2JgN0E Categories (other): Old Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Beekeeping, Bees

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "word": "beach"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "lang_code": "gd",
      "word": "beach"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Irish",
          "lang_code": "ga",
          "word": "beachlann"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "lang_code": "gd",
          "sense": "apiary",
          "word": "beach-lann"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle Irish",
      "lang_code": "mga",
      "raw_tags": [
        "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
      ],
      "word": "bechlann"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bʰey-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*bikos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *bikos",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*bʰik-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *bʰik-",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Celtic *bikos, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰik-, suffixed zero-grade of *bʰey-.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "beich",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beich",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-decl-o-masc",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "o-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Masculine o-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bech",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bech",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beich",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beich",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bech",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beuchu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bech",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bech",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beuchu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beich",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bech",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bech",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beuch",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bechaib",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bechaib",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-mutation",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bech",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bech",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mbech",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "mutation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "nominative plural",
        "14": "beich",
        "15": "",
        "16": "{{{pl2}}}",
        "17": "",
        "18": "{{{pl3}}}",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "genitive",
        "6": "beich",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "var": ""
      },
      "expansion": "bech m (genitive beich, nominative plural beich)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "beich",
        "3": "beich"
      },
      "expansion": "bech m (genitive beich, nominative plural beich)",
      "name": "sga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "beich",
        "acc_pl": "beuchu",
        "dat_sg": "beuch"
      },
      "name": "sga-decl-o-masc"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "acc_du": "bech+L",
        "acc_du2": "",
        "acc_du3": "",
        "acc_pl": "beuchu+H",
        "acc_pl2": "",
        "acc_pl3": "",
        "acc_sg": "bech+N",
        "acc_sg2": "",
        "acc_sg3": "",
        "class": "o-m",
        "dat_du": "bechaib",
        "dat_du2": "",
        "dat_du3": "",
        "dat_pl": "bechaib",
        "dat_pl2": "",
        "dat_pl3": "",
        "dat_sg": "beuch+L",
        "dat_sg2": "",
        "dat_sg3": "",
        "gen_du": "bech",
        "gen_du2": "",
        "gen_du3": "",
        "gen_pl": "bech+N",
        "gen_pl2": "",
        "gen_pl3": "",
        "gen_pl4": "",
        "gen_sg": "beich+L",
        "gen_sg2": "",
        "gen_sg3": "",
        "n": "",
        "nom_du": "bech+L",
        "nom_du2": "",
        "nom_du3": "",
        "nom_pl": "beich+L",
        "nom_pl2": "",
        "nom_pl3": "",
        "nom_sg": "bech",
        "nom_sg2": "",
        "nom_sg3": "",
        "voc_du": "bech+L",
        "voc_du2": "",
        "voc_du3": "",
        "voc_pl": "beuchu+H",
        "voc_pl2": "",
        "voc_pl3": "",
        "voc_sg": "beich",
        "voc_sg2": "",
        "voc_sg3": ""
      },
      "name": "sga-decl-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sga-mutation"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Irish",
  "lang_code": "sga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "sga",
          "name": "Beekeeping",
          "orig": "sga:Beekeeping",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "sga",
          "name": "Bees",
          "orig": "sga:Bees",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Nimble is the yellow bee from cave to cave […]",
          "ref": "“Daith bech buide”",
          "text": "Daith bech buide a húaim i n-úaim […]",
          "translation": "Nimble is the yellow bee from cave to cave […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bee (a flying insect, of the clade Anthophila within the hymenopteran superfamily Apoidea, known for its organised societies (though only a minority have them), for collecting pollen and (in some species) producing wax and honey)"
      ],
      "id": "en-bech-sga-noun-kM2JgN0E",
      "links": [
        [
          "bee",
          "bee#English:_Q7391"
        ],
        [
          "fly",
          "fly"
        ],
        [
          "insect",
          "insect"
        ],
        [
          "clade",
          "clade"
        ],
        [
          "Anthophila",
          "Anthophila#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "hymenopteran",
          "hymenopteran"
        ],
        [
          "Apoidea",
          "Apoidea#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "pollen",
          "pollen"
        ],
        [
          "wax",
          "wax"
        ],
        [
          "honey",
          "honey"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbʲex/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bech"
}

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "word": "beach"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "lang_code": "gd",
      "word": "beach"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Irish",
          "lang_code": "ga",
          "word": "beachlann"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "lang_code": "gd",
          "sense": "apiary",
          "word": "beach-lann"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle Irish",
      "lang_code": "mga",
      "raw_tags": [
        "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
      ],
      "word": "bechlann"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bʰey-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*bikos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *bikos",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*bʰik-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *bʰik-",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Celtic *bikos, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰik-, suffixed zero-grade of *bʰey-.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "beich",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beich",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-decl-o-masc",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "o-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Masculine o-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bech",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bech",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beich",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beich",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bech",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beuchu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bech",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bech",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beuchu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beich",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bech",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bech",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beuch",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bechaib",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bechaib",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-mutation",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bech",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bech",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mbech",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "mutation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "nominative plural",
        "14": "beich",
        "15": "",
        "16": "{{{pl2}}}",
        "17": "",
        "18": "{{{pl3}}}",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "genitive",
        "6": "beich",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "var": ""
      },
      "expansion": "bech m (genitive beich, nominative plural beich)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "beich",
        "3": "beich"
      },
      "expansion": "bech m (genitive beich, nominative plural beich)",
      "name": "sga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "beich",
        "acc_pl": "beuchu",
        "dat_sg": "beuch"
      },
      "name": "sga-decl-o-masc"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "acc_du": "bech+L",
        "acc_du2": "",
        "acc_du3": "",
        "acc_pl": "beuchu+H",
        "acc_pl2": "",
        "acc_pl3": "",
        "acc_sg": "bech+N",
        "acc_sg2": "",
        "acc_sg3": "",
        "class": "o-m",
        "dat_du": "bechaib",
        "dat_du2": "",
        "dat_du3": "",
        "dat_pl": "bechaib",
        "dat_pl2": "",
        "dat_pl3": "",
        "dat_sg": "beuch+L",
        "dat_sg2": "",
        "dat_sg3": "",
        "gen_du": "bech",
        "gen_du2": "",
        "gen_du3": "",
        "gen_pl": "bech+N",
        "gen_pl2": "",
        "gen_pl3": "",
        "gen_pl4": "",
        "gen_sg": "beich+L",
        "gen_sg2": "",
        "gen_sg3": "",
        "n": "",
        "nom_du": "bech+L",
        "nom_du2": "",
        "nom_du3": "",
        "nom_pl": "beich+L",
        "nom_pl2": "",
        "nom_pl3": "",
        "nom_sg": "bech",
        "nom_sg2": "",
        "nom_sg3": "",
        "voc_du": "bech+L",
        "voc_du2": "",
        "voc_du3": "",
        "voc_pl": "beuchu+H",
        "voc_pl2": "",
        "voc_pl3": "",
        "voc_sg": "beich",
        "voc_sg2": "",
        "voc_sg3": ""
      },
      "name": "sga-decl-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sga-mutation"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Irish",
  "lang_code": "sga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old Irish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old Irish lemmas",
        "Old Irish masculine nouns",
        "Old Irish masculine o-stem nouns",
        "Old Irish nouns",
        "Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
        "Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Old Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰey-",
        "Old Irish terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Old Irish terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "sga:Beekeeping",
        "sga:Bees"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Nimble is the yellow bee from cave to cave […]",
          "ref": "“Daith bech buide”",
          "text": "Daith bech buide a húaim i n-úaim […]",
          "translation": "Nimble is the yellow bee from cave to cave […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bee (a flying insect, of the clade Anthophila within the hymenopteran superfamily Apoidea, known for its organised societies (though only a minority have them), for collecting pollen and (in some species) producing wax and honey)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bee",
          "bee#English:_Q7391"
        ],
        [
          "fly",
          "fly"
        ],
        [
          "insect",
          "insect"
        ],
        [
          "clade",
          "clade"
        ],
        [
          "Anthophila",
          "Anthophila#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "hymenopteran",
          "hymenopteran"
        ],
        [
          "Apoidea",
          "Apoidea#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "pollen",
          "pollen"
        ],
        [
          "wax",
          "wax"
        ],
        [
          "honey",
          "honey"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbʲex/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bech"
}

Download raw JSONL data for bech meaning in Old Irish (5.6kB)

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

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