béar
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English bear, from Middle English bere, from Old English bera, from Proto-West Germanic *berō, from Proto-Germanic *berô.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
béar m (genitive singular béir, nominative plural béir)
Declension[edit]
Declension of béar
Derived terms[edit]
- 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[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
béar | bhéar | mbéar |
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) “béar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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