beuch

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʲeu̯x/

Noun

beuch

1. dative singular of bech

Mutation

Mutation of beuch

radical	lenition	nasalization
beuch	beuch pronounced with /βʲ-/	mbeuch

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

Scots

Etymology

From Old English bōh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bjux/

Noun

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)