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”:

     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

• bechlann

Descendants

• Irish: beach
• Scottish Gaelic: beach

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Polish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from bełch as well?”)

Pronunciation

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛx/
• (Masovia):
  • (Far Masovian) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛx/

Noun

bech m pers

1. (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) fat child

   Synonym: bebech

2. (Far Masovian) small child

   Cicho siedźta bechy, nie weta, co matka chora. ― Sit quietly, children, you don't know that your mother is sick.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dziecko

Further reading

• Antoni Krasnowolski (1879) “bech”, in Album uczącéj się młodzieży polskiéj poświęcone Józefowi Ignacemu Kraszewskiemu z powodu jubileuszu jego pięćdziesięcioletniéj działalności literackiéj (in Polish), Lviv: Czytelni Akademickiéj Lwowskiéj; "Gaz. Narod." J. Dobrzańskiego i K. Gromana, Słowniczek prowincjalizmów zebranych w ziemi chełmińskiej i świeckiej, page 298
• Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894) “bechy”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 102

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^[1] (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Tlalpan, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., pages 13, 29