Dutch

Noun

beul m ‎(plural beulen, diminutive beultje n)

1. An executioner, torturer, one who carries out executions and other judicial corporal punishments
2. (figuratively) A cruel person, in act or sadistic streak

   De directeur is een echte beul, die nooit minder dan een dozijn zweepslagen oplegt

   The warden is a sadist who never imposes less than a dozen lashes

Synonyms

• (executioner) scherprechter m
• (cruel person) sadist, wreedaard m

Derived terms

• afbeulen (verb)
• beulskap m
• beulsknecht m
• beulswerk n

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish bél (compare Irish béal, Manx beeal), from Proto-Celtic *wewlos (compare Welsh gwefl ‎(“animal lip”), Cornish gwevel).^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pial̪ˠ/

Noun

beul m ‎(genitive singular beòil, plural beòil)

1. (anatomy, etc.) mouth; orifice
2. opening, entrance

Derived terms

References

1. ↑ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, ISBN 978-90-04-17336-1, page 419