bealach

See also: béalach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish belach (“gap, pass, road, path”).

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /bʲəˈl̪ˠɑx/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈbʲalˠəx/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbʲalˠa(h)/

Noun

bealach m (genitive singular bealaigh, nominative plural bealaí)

  1. way
    1. road, track
      Synonyms: bóthar, ród
    2. route
      Synonyms: caoi, slí
    3. passage, thoroughfare
    4. direction
    5. distance, journey
    6. manner, method
    7. manner, respect
      Synonyms: bóthar, modh
    1. pass
    2. passage, sound (long narrow inlet)
      Synonyms: béal, caolas, sunda

Declension
Declension of bealach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative bealach bealaí
Vocative a bhealaigh a bhealaí
Genitive bealaigh bealaí
Dative bealach bealaí

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an bealach na bealaí
Genitive an bhealaigh na mbealaí
Dative leis an mbealach

don bhealach

 leis na bealaí

Derived terms
  • aerbhealach (“airway”)
  • ar an mbealach céanna (“alike, similarly”)
  • ar aon bhealach (“at any rate”)
  • ar bhealach (“in a way”)
  • ar bhealach éigin (“somehow”)
  • ar chéad bealach (“in many ways”)
  • ar gach uile bhealach (“in every way”)
  • as bealach (“out of the way; wrong”)
  • athbhealach (“detour”)
  • bealach aeir (“air route”)
  • bealach aic (“shortcut”)
  • bealach amach (“way out”)
  • bealach análaithe (“respiratory tract”)
  • bealach bus (“bus route”)
  • bealach cise (“corduroy road”)
  • bealach coise (“footway, track”)
  • bealach cúil (“by-way”)
  • bealach éalaithe (“escape route”)
  • bealach iarainn (“railway”)
  • bealach imdháilte (“distribution channel”)
  • bealach iompair (“runway”)
  • bealach isteach (“way in”)
  • bealach mara (“sea route”)
  • bealach mór (“highway”)
  • Bealach na Bó Finne (“the Milky Way”)
  • bealach oibre (“way, manner, of working”)
  • bealach trádála (“trade route”)
  • bealach trasna (“zebra crossing”)
  • bealach uisce (“water-way”)
  • carrbhealach (“carriageway”)
  • crosbhealach (“crossroad”)
  • débhealach (“dual carriageway”)
  • fobhealach (“subway, underpass”)
  • glanbhealach (“clearway”)
  • íosbhealach (“subway, underpass; space under a bridge”)
  • luasbhealach (“expressway”)
  • mórbhealach (“arterial road; main road, highway”)
  • mótarbhealach (“motorway, autoroute”)
  • rotharbhealach (“cycleway”)
  • saorbhealach (“freeway”)
  • seachbhealach (“bypass”)
  • siúlbhealach (“walkway”)
  • taobh-bhealach (“side-path”)
  • tarbhealach (“viaduct”)
  • tollbhealach (“adit”)
  • trasbhealach (“crossing”)
  • uasbhealach (“overpass”)

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.

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish belach (“gap, pass, road, path”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pjaɫ̪əx/

Noun

bealach m (genitive singular bealaich, plural bealaichean)

  1. defile, passage, pass or gorge of a mountain, glen
  2. gap, breach (in a wall or fence)
  3. gateway, gate
  4. road

References
  • “belach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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