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Webster 1913 Edition

Bel

Bel

,
Noun.
The Babylonian name of the god known among the Hebrews as
Baal
. See
Baal
.
Baruch vi. 41.

Definition 2025

bél

bél

See also: bel, Bel, BEL, bèl, bël, bel-, and ␇

Franco-Provençal

Adjective

bél m (feminine singular bèla, masculine plural biôs or béls, feminine plural bèles)

  1. beautiful

Derived terms

  • biôtât

Hungarian

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Finno-Ugric *pälɜ ‎(“interior, inside”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbeːl]

Noun

bél ‎(plural belek)

  1. (anatomy) intestine, bowel
  2. kernel (of nut)
  3. flesh, pulp (fruit)
  4. the soft part of bread
  5. wick (candle)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative bél belek
accusative belet beleket
dative bélnek beleknek
instrumental béllel belekkel
causal-final bélért belekért
translative béllé belekké
terminative bélig belekig
essive-formal bélként belekként
essive-modal — —
inessive bélben belekben
superessive belen beleken
adessive bélnél beleknél
illative bélbe belekbe
sublative bélre belekre
allative bélhez belekhez
elative bélből belekből
delative bélről belekről
ablative béltől belektől
Possessive forms of bél
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. belem beleim
2nd person sing. beled beleid
3rd person sing. bele belei
1st person plural belünk beleink
2nd person plural beletek beleitek
3rd person plural belük beleik

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ Entry #724 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *wewlos.[1] Compare Welsh gwefl ‎(“animal lip”), Cornish gwevel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bʲeːl/

Noun

bél m ‎(genitive béoil or béuil, nominative plural béoil or béuil)

  1. lip
  2. (sometimes in the plural) mouth
  3. opening

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ↑ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, ISBN 978-90-04-17336-1, page 419
  • “bél” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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