becht

See also: Becht

Middle Irish

Etymology

Apparently an archaic participle of boingid (“to break, strike”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʲext/

Adjective

becht

1. exact, precise, accurate
2. sure, certain
3. complete, entire

Descendants

• Irish: beacht (“precise, exact”)

Mutation

Mutation of becht

radical	lenition	nasalization
becht	becht pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/	mbecht

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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