beuch

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Old Irish

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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beuch

  1. dative singular of bech

Mutation

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Mutation of beuch
radical lenition nasalization
beuch beuch
pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/
mbeuch

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

Scots

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Etymology

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From Old English bōh.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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beuch (plural beuchs)

  1. branch (of a tree), bough
    • c. 1495, William Dunbar, The Tua Mariit Wemen and the Wedo:
      ane bird, on ane bransche, so birst out hir notis, / That never ane blythfullar bird was on the beuche harde [...].
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. limb (of an animal)