béar

See also: bear, Bear, beár, and bèar

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English bear, from Middle English bere, from Old English bera, from Proto-West Germanic *berō, from Proto-Germanic *berô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʲeːɾˠ/

Noun

béar m (genitive singular béir, nominative plural béir)

1. bear (mammal)

   Synonym: mathúin (literary)

2. (finance) bear

Declension

Declension of béar

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative béar béir Vocative a bhéir a bhéara Genitive béir béar Dative béar béir

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an béar na béir Genitive an bhéir na mbéar Dative leis an mbéar don bhéar leis na béir

Derived terms

• 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

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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “béar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN