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Old English · noun

becca

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
weak
IPA
/ˈbek.kɑ/
Syllables
ˈbek · kɑ (2 syllables)
Modern English
beckpickaxemattock

Meaning

  1. mattock, pickaxe

Declension

Declension of becca
SingularPlural
Nominative beccabeccan
Accusative beccanbeccan
Genitive beccanbeccena
Dative beccanbeccum

All forms (4)

Etymology

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

Descendants

beck

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