beo
Breton
Indonesian
Notes
In Indonesia, the word beo is sometimes mistakenly used to refer to psittacines, as opposed to actual myna birds.
Further reading
- “beo” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Irish
Etymology 1
From Old Irish béo (“alive”),[4] from Proto-Celtic *biwos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós (“alive”), from *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”). Compare Welsh byw.
Adjective
Declension
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | beo | bheo | beo; bheo² | |
Vocative | bheo | beo | ||
Genitive | beo | beo | beo | |
Dative | beo; bheo¹ |
bheo | beo; bheo² | |
Comparative | níos beo | |||
Superlative | is beo |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
- Alternative plural form: beodha
- Alternative comparative form: beocha (Cois Fharraige)
Adverb
beo
- (in a negative sentence) for the life of one
- Níl a fhios agam beo.
- I don’t know for the life of me
Noun
beo m (genitive singular beo, nominative plural beo)
- living thing
- life
- livelihood
- quick (sensitive flesh)
Declension
Related terms
- beatha f (“life; biography; living, livelihood; food, sustenance”)
Noun
beo m (genitive singular beo, nominative plural beonna)
- Alternative form of breo (“brand, torch; glow”)
Declension
Fourth declension
Bare forms
|
Forms with the definite article
|
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
beo | bheo | mbeo |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 55
- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 44
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 73
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “béo”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “beo”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “beo” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “beo” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɛ.o/
- Rhymes: -ɛo
- Hyphenation: bè‧o
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *dweāō, from Proto-Indo-European *dew- (“to show favor, revere”). Related to bene (“well”) (from *dwe-nēd) and bonus (“good”) (from *dwe-nos).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbe.oː/, [ˈbeoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbe.o/, [ˈbɛːo]
Conjugation
Derived terms
References
- “beo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “beo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Middle English
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /be͜oː/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *biumi (“am”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- (“to become, be”).
Verb
bēo (West Saxon)
- inflection of bēon:
- first-person singular indicative
- singular subjunctive
- singular imperative
Etymology 2
From Proto-West Germanic *bijā, from Proto-Germanic *bijō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰey- (“bee”). Cognate with Old Frisian bē (West Frisian bij), Old Saxon bīa (Middle Low German bīe), Dutch bij, Old High German bīa, bini (German Biene, dialectal Beie), Old Norse bý (Danish and Swedish bi). The Indo-European root is also the source of Lithuanian bìtė, Latvian bite, Proto-Slavic *bьčela (Old Church Slavonic бьчела (bĭčela), Russian пчела́ (pčelá)), Proto-Celtic *bekos (Old Irish bech, Irish beach).
Declension
Descendants
See also
Old Irish
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bělъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bêo/
Declension
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
---|---|---|---|---|
nominative | beo | bela | belo | |
genitive | bela | bele | bela | |
dative | belu | beloj | belu | |
accusative | inanimate animate |
beo bela |
belu | belo |
vocative | beo | bela | belo | |
locative | belu | beloj | belu | |
instrumental | belim | belom | belim | |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | beli | bele | bela | |
genitive | belih | belih | belih | |
dative | belim(a) | belim(a) | belim(a) | |
accusative | bele | bele | bela | |
vocative | beli | bele | bela | |
locative | belim(a) | belim(a) | belim(a) | |
instrumental | belim(a) | belim(a) | belim(a) |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
---|---|---|---|---|
nominative | beli | bela | belo | |
genitive | belog(a) | bele | belog(a) | |
dative | belom(u/e) | beloj | belom(u/e) | |
accusative | inanimate animate |
beli belog(a) |
belu | belo |
vocative | beli | bela | belo | |
locative | belom(e/u) | beloj | belom(e/u) | |
instrumental | belim | belom | belim | |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | beli | bele | bela | |
genitive | belih | belih | belih | |
dative | belim(a) | belim(a) | belim(a) | |
accusative | bele | bele | bela | |
vocative | beli | bele | bela | |
locative | belim(a) | belim(a) | belim(a) | |
instrumental | belim(a) | belim(a) | belim(a) |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
---|---|---|---|---|
nominative | belji | belja | belje | |
genitive | beljeg(a) | belje | beljeg(a) | |
dative | beljem(u) | beljoj | beljem(u) | |
accusative | inanimate animate |
belji beljeg(a) |
belju | belje |
vocative | belji | belja | belje | |
locative | beljem(u) | beljoj | beljem(u) | |
instrumental | beljim | beljom | beljim | |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | belji | belje | belja | |
genitive | beljih | beljih | beljih | |
dative | beljim(a) | beljim(a) | beljim(a) | |
accusative | belje | belje | belja | |
vocative | belji | belje | belja | |
locative | beljim(a) | beljim(a) | beljim(a) | |
instrumental | beljim(a) | beljim(a) | beljim(a) |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
---|---|---|---|---|
nominative | najbelji | najbelja | najbelje | |
genitive | najbeljeg(a) | najbelje | najbeljeg(a) | |
dative | najbeljem(u) | najbeljoj | najbeljem(u) | |
accusative | inanimate animate |
najbelji najbeljeg(a) |
najbelju | najbelje |
vocative | najbelji | najbelja | najbelje | |
locative | najbeljem(u) | najbeljoj | najbeljem(u) | |
instrumental | najbeljim | najbeljom | najbeljim | |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | najbelji | najbelje | najbelja | |
genitive | najbeljih | najbeljih | najbeljih | |
dative | najbeljim(a) | najbeljim(a) | najbeljim(a) | |
accusative | najbelje | najbelje | najbelja | |
vocative | najbelji | najbelje | najbelja | |
locative | najbeljim(a) | najbeljim(a) | najbeljim(a) | |
instrumental | najbeljim(a) | najbeljim(a) | najbeljim(a) |
See also
bijel/бијел, beo/бео | siv/сив, sinji/сињи | crn/црн |
crven/црвен, rumen/румен | narandžast/наранџаст, narančast/наранчаст; smeđ/смеђ, braon/браон | žut/жут; žut/жут |
zelen/зелен | zelen/зелен | |
tirkizan/тиркизан, cijan/цијан; tirkizan/тиркизан | plav/плав | modar/модар |
ljubičast/љубичаст; modar/модар, indigo/индиго | ljubičast/љубичаст, magenta/магента; ljubičast/љубичаст | ružičast/ружичаст, roza/роза |
Vietnamese
Etymology
From Late Proto-Vietic *pɛːw (“leopard”), from Middle Chinese 豹 (MC paewH, “leopard”), probably through a Tai language. Doublet of báo.
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓɛw˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓɛw˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɓɛw˧˧]
Audio (Hà Nội) (file)
Noun
(classifier con) beo • (豹, 𧲼, 𧴋)
- (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) a leopard, a jaguar or a cheetah
- Synonym: báo