Béar Mór

Irish

Proper noun

An Béar Mór m (genitive an Bhéir Mhóir)

1. (astronomy) Ursa Major

Related terms

• An Béar Beag m (“Ursa Minor”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Béar Mór

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Béar Mór	Bhéar Mór	mBéar Mór

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 Mór”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Béar Mór”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Béar Mór”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025