béabhar

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English bever, from Old English befer (“beaver”), from Proto-Germanic *bebruz (“beaver”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰébʰrus (“beaver”).

Noun

béabhar m (genitive singular béabhair, nominative plural béabhair)

  1. beaver
  2. beaver hat

Declension
Declension of béabhar

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative béabhar béabhair
Vocative a bhéabhair a bhéabhara
Genitive béabhair béabhar
Dative béabhar béabhair

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an béabhar na béabhair
Genitive an bhéabhair na mbéabhar
Dative leis an mbéabhar

don bhéabhar

 leis na béabhair

Mutation
Irish mutation
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
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “béabhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “beaver”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
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