beus

See also: Beus

Catalan

Pronunciation

Verb

beus

  1. second-person singular present indicative of beure

Esperanto

Verb

beus

  1. conditional of bei

French

Noun

beus f

  1. plural of beu

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbʲe.us], [ˈbʲeu̯s]

Adverb

beus

  1. still (up to a time)
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 91b10
      Aní as·berinn cosse, is ed as·bǽr beus .i. derchoíniud du remcaisin Dǽ dínni ón.
      What I used to say up to now, I will say still, namely this is the despair of us for a providence of God.

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: beós, bós

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
beus beus
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/
mbeus
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /peːs/

Noun

beus m

  1. trade
  2. art
  3. rent, revenue, tax
  4. fornication
  5. bottle
  6. belly

Etymology 2

From Old Irish bés, from Proto-Celtic *banssus, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ-.

Noun

beus f (genitive singular beusa, plural beusan)

  1. moral qualities or manners, whether good or bad, virtue
  2. behaviour, deeds, custom, conduct
  3. amiability
Derived terms

Etymology 3

From English bass.

Noun

beus f (genitive singular beusa, plural beusan)

  1. bass viol

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
beusbheus
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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