beoir

See also: beóir

Irish

beoracha

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /bʲoːɾʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /bʲɔːɾʲ/, [bʲjɔi̯ɾʲ]

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish beóir, from Old Norse bjórr.

Noun

beoir f (genitive singular beorach, nominative plural beoracha)

1. beer

Declension

Declension of beoir (fifth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative beoir beoracha vocative a bheoir a bheoracha genitive beorach beoracha dative beoir beoracha forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an bheoir na beoracha genitive na beorach na mbeoracha dative leis an mbeoir don bheoir leis na beoracha

Hyponyms

• lágar (“lager”)
• leann donn (“brown ale”)
• leann dubh (“stout”)
• leann gealbhuí (“pale ale”)
• leann searbh (“bitter”)
• pórtar (“porter”)

 

Derived terms

• beoir bhairille
• beoir fréimhe
• beoir Lochlannach
• beoir Phrúiseach
• beoir shinséir
• teach beorach

 

Etymology 2

Verb

beoir

1. (dialectal) second-person singular present indicative of beoigh (“animate”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of beoir

radical	lenition	eclipsis
beoir	bheoir	mbeoir

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) “beoir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “beóir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 73
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “beoir”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “beoir”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024