béabhar
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Middle English bever, from Old English befer (“beaver”), from Proto-Germanic *bebruz (“beaver”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰébʰrus (“beaver”).
Noun[edit]
béabhar m (genitive singular béabhair, nominative plural béabhair)
Declension[edit]
Declension of béabhar
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
béabhar | bhéabhar | mbéabhar |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “béabhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “beaver”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024