beoir

See also: beóir

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /bʲoːɾʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /bʲɔːɾʲ/, [bʲjɔi̯ɾʲ]

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish beóir, from Old Norse bjórr.

Noun

beoir f (genitive singular beorach, nominative plural beoracha)

1. beer

Declension

Declension of beoir

Fifth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative beoir beoracha Vocative a bheoir a bheoracha Genitive beorach beoracha Dative beoir beoracha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an bheoir na beoracha Genitive na beorach na mbeoracha Dative leis an mbeoir don bheoir leis na beoracha

Derived terms

• beoir bhairille
• beoir fréimhe
• beoir Lochlannach
• beoir Phrúiseach
• beoir shinséir
• teach beorach

 

Etymology 2

Verb

beoir

1. (dialectal) second-person singular present indicative of beoigh (“animate”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
beoir	bheoir	mbeoir
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “beoir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “beóir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 73
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “beoir”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “beoir”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024