bech

See also: Bech., běch, and bệch

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *bekos, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰey- (“bee”), whence also Old English bēo (English bee), Latin fūcus (“drone”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bʲex/

Noun

bech m (genitive beich, nominative plural beich)

  1. bee
    • “Daith bech buide”:[1]
      Daith bech buide a húaim i n-úaim […]
      Nimble is the yellow bee from cave to cave […]

Inflection
Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative bech bechL beichL
Vocative beich bechL beuchuH
Accusative bechN bechL beuchuH
Genitive beichL bech bechN
Dative beuchL bechaib bechaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
bech bech
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/		 mbech
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

References
  1. Reprinted in Wim Tigges in collaboration with Feargal Ó Béarra (2006) An Old Irish Primer, Nijmegen: Stichting Uitgeverij de Keltische Draak, →ISBN, page 13

San Juan Guelavía Zapotec

Etymology

From Proto-Zapotec *kw-ettzi.

Noun

bech

  1. buzzard

References
  • López Antonio, Joaquín; Jones, Ted; Jones, Kris (2012) Vocabulario breve del Zapoteco de San Juan Guelavía‎ (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Tlalpan, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., pages 13, 29
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