bíoma

See also: bioma

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

bíoma m (genitive singular bíoma, nominative plural bíomaí)

  1. beam

Declension

Declension of bíoma (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative bíoma bíomaí
vocative a bhíoma a bhíomaí
genitive bíoma bíomaí
dative bíoma bíomaí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an bíoma na bíomaí
genitive an bhíoma na mbíomaí
dative leis an mbíoma
don bhíoma 		leis na bíomaí

Derived terms

  • bíoma amuigh (“outrigger”)
  • bíoma bán (“whitebeam”)
  • bíoma fir (“huge, tall man”)
  • bíoma meá (“bar of balance”)
  • bíoma trasna (“cross-beam”)
  • gaoth bhíoma (“beam wind”)
  • I-bhíoma (“I-beam”)
  • strus a chur ar bhíoma (“to stress a beam”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of bíoma
radical lenition eclipsis
bíoma bhíoma mbíoma

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

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bíoma”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “beam”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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