beár

See also: bear, Bear, béar, and bèar

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English bar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʲaːɾˠ/

Noun

beár m (genitive singular beáir, nominative plural beáir)

1. bar (in public house)

Declension

Declension of beár

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative beár beáir Vocative a bheáir a bheára Genitive beáir beár Dative beár beáir

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an beár na beáir Genitive an bheáir na mbeár Dative leis an mbeár don bheár leis na beáir

Derived terms

• beár bia (“buffet, snack-bar”)
• beár pianó (“piano bar”)
• beár salúin (“saloon-bar”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
beár	bheár	mbeár
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “beár”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “beár”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024