béar
Irish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English bear, from Middle English bere, from Old English bera, from Proto-West Germanic *berō, from Proto-Germanic *berô.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbéar m (genitive singular béir, nominative plural béir)
Declension
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Derived terms
edit- béar bán
- Béar Beag (“Ursa Minor”)
- béar donn
- béar dubh
- béar gréine
- béar liath (“grizzly bear”)
- Béar Mór (“Ursa Major”)
- béarmhargadh
- béarúil
- béirín
- cró béar
- treoraí béar (“bear-leader”)
Mutation
edit| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| béar | bhéar | mbéar |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “béar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Categories:
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰerH- (brown)
- Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰerH- (pierce)
- Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰwer-
- Irish terms borrowed from English
- Irish terms derived from English
- Irish terms derived from Middle English
- Irish terms derived from Old English
- Irish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
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