béar

See also: bear, Bear, beár, and bèar

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English bear, from Middle English bere, from Old English bera, from Proto-West Germanic *berō, from Proto-Germanic *berô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʲeːɾˠ/

Noun

béar m (genitive singular béir, nominative plural béir)

1. bear (mammal)

   Synonym: mathúin (literary)

2. (finance) bear

Declension

Declension of béar (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative béar béir vocative a bhéir a bhéara genitive béir béar dative béar béir forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an béar na béir genitive an bhéir na mbéar dative leis an mbéar don bhéar leis na béir

Derived terms

• 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

Mutated forms of béar

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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “béar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN