beár

See also: bear, Bear, béar, and bèar

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English bar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʲaːɾˠ/

Noun

beár m (genitive singular beáir, nominative plural beáir)

1. bar (in public house)

Declension

Declension of beár (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative beár beáir vocative a bheáir a bheára genitive beáir beár dative beár beáir forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an beár na beáir genitive an bheáir na mbeár dative leis an mbeár don bheár leis na beáir

Derived terms

• beár bia (“buffet, snack-bar”)
• beár pianó (“piano bar”)
• beár salúin (“saloon-bar”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of beár

radical	lenition	eclipsis
beár	bheár	mbeár

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

References

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

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “beár”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “beár”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024