Beil

== East Central German == === Etymology === Compare German Beule. === Noun === Beil f (Erzgebirgisch) any large, roundish swelling on the body, e.g. a bump on the forehead or a bubo (Erzgebirgisch) bump, dent (deformation on a surface, be it outward or inward) === Further reading === Hendrik Heidler (11 June 2020), Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎[2] (in German), 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 22 == German == === Etymology === From Middle High German bīl, bīhel, from Old High German bīhal (whence also Bavarian Beichl), attested (in the form witubil) since the 8th century, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bíþla- (“axe”), instrumental noun from *bītaną (“to bite”). Compare Dutch bijl. Conflated early on with Proto-Germanic *bilją and its descendants (German Bille). (Kluge mentioned that, in his day, a relationship to Bicke / Middle High German bicke (“pickaxe”) — compare Old English becca (“pickaxe”) — could not be ruled out.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /baɪ̯l/ Rhymes: -aɪ̯l === Noun === Beil n (strong, genitive Beiles or Beils, plural Beile, diminutive Beilchen n) axe, hatchet ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Blattbeil Fallbeil Handbeil Kriegsbeil === References === === Further reading === “Beil” in Duden online “Beil” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Beil” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961. == Hunsrik == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpaɪ̯l/ Rhymes: -aɪ̯l Syllabification: Beil === Noun === Beil n (plural Beiler, diminutive Beilche) hatchet, axe === Further reading === Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Beil”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch == Pennsylvania German == === Etymology === From Middle High German bīl, bīhel, from Old High German bīhal, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bíþla- (“axe”), instrumental noun from *bītaną (“to bite”). Compare German Beil, Dutch bijl. === Noun === Beil n (plural Beile) hatchet