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
singular plural
nominative béar béir
vocative a bhéir a bhéara
genitive béir béar
dative béar béir
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an béar na béir
genitive an bhéir na mbéar
dative leis an mbéar
don bhéar 		leis na béir

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of béar
radical lenition eclipsis
béar bhéar mbéar

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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