bíoma

See also: bioma

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

bíoma m (genitive singular bíoma, nominative plural bíomaí)

1. beam

Declension

Declension of bíoma (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative bíoma bíomaí vocative a bhíoma a bhíomaí genitive bíoma bíomaí dative bíoma bíomaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an bíoma na bíomaí genitive an bhíoma na mbíomaí dative leis an mbíoma don bhíoma leis na bíomaí

Derived terms

• bíoma amuigh (“outrigger”)
• bíoma bán (“whitebeam”)
• bíoma fir (“huge, tall man”)
• bíoma meá (“bar of balance”)
• bíoma trasna (“cross-beam”)
• gaoth bhíoma (“beam wind”)
• I-bhíoma (“I-beam”)
• strus a chur ar bhíoma (“to stress a beam”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of bíoma

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bíoma	bhíoma	mbíoma

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