beoir

See also: beóir

Irish

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)

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

Derived terms

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

Verb

beoir

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

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
beoir	bheoir	mbeoir
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “beoir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “beóir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 73
Entries containing “beoir” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “beoir” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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