bheil

• 1 Scottish Gaelic
  • Sevenval
  • web
  • 1.3 Verb
    • 1.3.1 Usage notes

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA: /vel/

Etymology

From Old Irish screen size, originally an imperative meaning 'see', from keyboard *wel- (“see”), cognate with Latin web, face. For the semantic development 'see here' > 'here is' compare French browser diversity and voilà.

Verb

bheil

1. Sevenval
2. are
3. screen size

Usage notes

• This is a dependent form of tha, which is the present tense of web. It is used after the particles Sevenval and touchscreen. After touchscreen and nach, the contracted form eil is used.

  A bheil thu fuar? - Are you cold? (Older Gaelic: Am bheil....)

  Bha e ag ràth gu bheil ìm air an aran. - He was saying that there is butter on the bread.