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Webster 1913 Edition


Beal

Beal

(bēl)
,
Noun.
[See
Boil
a tumor.]
(Med.)
A small inflammatory tumor; a pustule.
[Prov. Eng.]

Beal

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Bealed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Bealing
.]
To gather matter; to swell and come to a head, as a pimple.
[Prov. Eng.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Beal

BEAL

,
Noun.
[See Boil] A pimple; a whelk; a small inflammatory tumor, a pustule.

BEAL

v.i. To gather matter; to swell and come to a head, as a pimple.

Definition 2024


béal

béal

See also: beal and Beal

French

Noun

béal m (plural béals)

  1. (southern France) small irrigation canal

Anagrams


Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

béal m (genitive singular béil, nominative plural béil)

  1. mouth (of the face, etc.)
  2. opening
  3. edge (of knife)
  4. muzzle (of weapon)

Declension

  • Plural form used in certain phrases: béala

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
béal bhéal mbéal
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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
  • "béal" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • bél” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.