béabhar

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English bever, from Old English befer (“beaver”), from Proto-Germanic *bebruz (“beaver”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰébʰrus (“beaver”).

Noun

béabhar m (genitive singular béabhair, nominative plural béabhair)

1. beaver
2. beaver hat

Declension

Declension of béabhar (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative béabhar béabhair vocative a bhéabhair a bhéabhara genitive béabhair béabhar dative béabhar béabhair forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an béabhar na béabhair genitive an bhéabhair na mbéabhar dative leis an mbéabhar don bhéabhar leis na béabhair

Mutation

Mutated forms of béabhar

radical	lenition	eclipsis
béabhar	bhéabhar	mbéabhar

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) “béabhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “beaver”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025