becca

See also: Becca

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbek.ka/
• Rhymes: -ekka
• Hyphenation: béc‧ca

Verb

becca

1. inflection of beccare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Old English

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-West Germanic *bekkō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- (“hook; to bend, curve”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbek.kɑ/

Noun

becca m

1. mattock, pickaxe

Declension

Declension of becca (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	becca	beccan
accusative	beccan	beccan
genitive	beccan	beccena
dative	beccan	beccum

Descendants

• Middle English: bekke, bek
  • English: beck (dialectal)

Old Irish

Adjective

becca

1. Alternative spelling of beca

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
becca	becca pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/	mbecca
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.