Béar Beag

Irish

Proper noun

An Béar Beag m (genitive an Bhéir Bhig)

1. (astronomy) Ursa Minor

Related terms

• An Béar Mór m (“Ursa Major”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Béar Beag

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Béar Beag	Bhéar Beag	mBéar Beag

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Béar Beag”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Béar Beag”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Béar Beag”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024