beul

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch buel, earlier buedel, from Old Dutch *budil, from Proto-Germanic *budilaz.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bøːl/
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: beul
Rhymes: -øːl

Noun

beul m (plural beulen, diminutive beultje n)

An executioner, torturer, one who carries out executions and other judicial corporal punishments
Synonym: scherprechter
(figuratively) A cruel person, in act or sadistic streak
Synonyms: sadist, wreedaard

Derived terms

afbeulen
beulin
beulskap
beulsknecht
beulswerk
dierenbeul
mensenbeul

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish bél (compare Irish béal, Manx beeal), from Proto-Celtic *wewlos (compare Welsh gwefl (“animal lip”), Cornish gwevel).[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /piaɫ̪/

Noun

beul m (genitive singular beòil, plural beòil)

(anatomy, etc.) mouth; orifice
opening, entrance

Derived terms

Derived terms

beulaibh (“front”) (side)
beul-aithris (“oral tradition”)
beul an latha (“dawn”) (noun)

feusag-bheòil (“mustache”)
seòmar-beòil (“front room”)

References

Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 419

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