bior

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɨ̞ɾˠ/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɪɾˠ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish bir (“stake”).

Noun

bior m (genitive singular beara, nominative plural bioranna)

1. point, tip
2. spike
3. spur
4. pin
5. (cooking) spit
6. (cricket) point, fielding position between gully and cover

Declension

Declension of bior

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative bior bioranna Vocative a bhior a bhioranna Genitive beara bioranna Dative bior bioranna

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an bior na bioranna Genitive an bheara na mbioranna Dative leis an mbior don bhior leis na bioranna

• Alternative genitive plural: bear

Derived terms

• bior fiacla m (“toothpick”)
• bior greanta m (“graver, burin”)
• bior oighir m (“icepick”)
• bior-róst (“spitroast”, verb)
• biorach (“pointed; sharp”, adjective)
• biorach m (“sharp, tricky, person; trick-winning card”)
• biorán m (“knitting needle; pin”)
• biorbheannach m (“pronghorn”)
• bioróg f (“rough horsetail”)

 

Etymology 2

From Old Irish bir (“water; spring, well, stream”).

Noun

bior m (genitive singular beara)

1. (literary) water

Declension

Declension of bior

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative bior Vocative a bhior Genitive beara Dative bior

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an bior Genitive an bheara Dative leis an mbior don bhior

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bior	bhior	mbior
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish bir (“stake”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piɾ/

Noun

bior m (genitive singular biora, plural bioran)

1. spike, tine, prong
2. spit, skewer
3. pin, prick, thorn
4. cusp

Derived terms

• air bhioran (“excited”)

See also

• bioran
• biorag
• biorach
• bioranach

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “bior”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 bir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language