beo

See also: BEO, béo, beò, and beó

Breton

Adjective

beo

  1. obsolete spelling of bev

Indonesian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

beo

  1. myna

Notes

In Indonesia, the word beo is sometimes mistakenly used to refer to psittacines, as opposed to actual myna birds.

Further reading

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish béo (“alive”),[4] from Proto-Celtic *biwos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós (“alive”), from *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”). Compare Welsh byw.

Adjective

beo (comparative beo or beocha)

  1. alive
  2. active
  3. lively
  4. (broadcasting) live
  5. live (being in a state of ignition; burning)
    Synonym: dearg
Declension
Declension of beo
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative beo bheo beo;
bheo2
vocative bheo beo
genitive beo beo beo
dative beo;
bheo1 		bheo beo;
bheo2
Comparative níos beo
Superlative is beo

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

Adverb

beo

  1. (in a negative sentence) for the life of one
    Níl a fhios agam beo.
    I don’t know for the life of me

Noun

beo m (genitive singular beo, nominative plural beo)

  1. living thing
  2. life
  3. livelihood
  4. quick (sensitive flesh)
Declension
Declension of beo (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative beo beo
vocative a bheo a bheo
genitive beo beo
dative beo beo
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an beo na beo
genitive an bheo na mbeo
dative leis an mbeo
don bheo 		leis na beo
  • beatha f (“life; biography; living, livelihood; food, sustenance”)

Verb

beo

  1. analytic present subjunctive of beoigh (“to animate”)

Etymology 2

Noun

beo m (genitive singular beo, nominative plural beonna)

  1. alternative form of breo (“brand, torch; glow”)
Declension
Declension of beo (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative beo beonna
vocative a bheo a bheonna
genitive beo beonna
dative beo beonna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an beo na beonna
genitive an bheo na mbeonna
dative leis an mbeo
don bheo 		leis na beonna

Mutation

Mutated forms of beo
radical lenition eclipsis
beo bheo mbeo

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 98, page 55
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 44
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 192, page 73
  4. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “béo”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “beo”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 94; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “beo”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “beo”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
  • “beo”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛ.o/
  • Rhymes: -ɛo
  • Hyphenation: bè‧o

Verb

beo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of beare

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Italic *dwejos, whence Latin bonus (“good”) (from Proto-Italic *dwenos). See bonus for more info.

De Vaan (2008) casts doubt on this etymology.[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

beō (present infinitive beāre, perfect active beāvī, supine beātum); first conjugation

  1. to bless
  2. to gladden
  3. to enrich (with)

Conjugation

   Conjugation of beō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present beō beās beat beāmus beātis beant
imperfect beābam beābās beābat beābāmus beābātis beābant
future beābō beābis beābit beābimus beābitis beābunt
perfect beāvī beāvistī beāvit beāvimus beāvistis beāvērunt,
beāvēre
pluperfect beāveram beāverās beāverat beāverāmus beāverātis beāverant
future perfect beāverō beāveris beāverit beāverimus beāveritis beāverint
passive present beor beāris,
beāre 		beātur beāmur beāminī beantur
imperfect beābar beābāris,
beābāre 		beābātur beābāmur beābāminī beābantur
future beābor beāberis,
beābere 		beābitur beābimur beābiminī beābuntur
perfect beātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect beātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect beātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present beem beēs beet beēmus beētis beent
imperfect beārem beārēs beāret beārēmus beārētis beārent
perfect beāverim beāverīs beāverit beāverīmus beāverītis beāverint
pluperfect beāvissem beāvissēs beāvisset beāvissēmus beāvissētis beāvissent
passive present beer beēris,
beēre 		beētur beēmur beēminī beentur
imperfect beārer beārēris,
beārēre 		beārētur beārēmur beārēminī beārentur
perfect beātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect beātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — beā — — beāte —
future — beātō beātō — beātōte beantō
passive present — beāre — — beāminī —
future — beātor beātor — — beantor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present beāre beārī beāns —
future beātūrum esse beātum īrī beātūrus beandus
perfect beāvisse beātum esse — beātus
future perfect — beātum fore — —
perfect potential beātūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
beandī beandō beandum beandō beātum beātū

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “beō, -āre”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 70
  • “beo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “beo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Middle English

Noun

beo

  1. alternative form of bee

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /be͜oː/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *biumi (“am”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- (“to become, be”).

Alternative forms

Verb

bēo (West Saxon)

  1. inflection of bēon:
    1. first-person singular indicative
    2. singular subjunctive
    3. singular imperative

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *bijā, from Proto-Germanic *bijō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰey- (“bee”). Cognate with Old Frisian bē (West Frisian bij), Old Saxon bīa (Middle Low German bīe), Dutch bij, Old High German bīa, bini (German Biene, dialectal Beie), Old Norse bý (Danish and Swedish bi). The Indo-European root is also the source of Lithuanian bi̇̀tė, Latvian bite, Proto-Slavic *bьčela (Old Church Slavonic бьчела (bĭčela), Russian пчела́ (pčelá)), Proto-Celtic *bekos (Old Irish bech, Irish beach).

Alternative forms

Noun

bēo f (nominative plural bēon)

  1. bee
Declension

Weak feminine (n-stem):

singular plural
nominative bēo bēon
accusative bēon bēon
genitive bēon bēona
dative bēon bēom, bēoum
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Middle English: bee, be, beo, bey
    • English: bee
    • Scots: bee, be, beye, bie, bea
    • Yola: been (plural)
See also

Old Irish

Verb

beo

  1. alternative form of béo

Mutation

Mutation of beo
radical lenition nasalization
beo beo
pronounced with /βʲ-/		 mbeo

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

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bělъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bêo/

Adjective

bȅo (Cyrillic spelling бе̏о, definite bȇlī, comparative bèljī)

  1. white
  2. blank
  3. blanched

Declension

positive indefinite forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative beo bela belo
genitive bela bele bela
dative belu beloj belu
accusative inanimate
animate 		beo
bela 		belu belo
vocative beo bela belo
locative belu beloj belu
instrumental belim belom belim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative beli bele bela
genitive belih belih belih
dative belim(a) belim(a) belim(a)
accusative bele bele bela
vocative beli bele bela
locative belim(a) belim(a) belim(a)
instrumental belim(a) belim(a) belim(a)
positive definite forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative beli bela belo
genitive belog(a) bele belog(a)
dative belom(u/e) beloj belom(u/e)
accusative inanimate
animate 		beli
belog(a) 		belu belo
vocative beli bela belo
locative belom(e/u) beloj belom(e/u)
instrumental belim belom belim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative beli bele bela
genitive belih belih belih
dative belim(a) belim(a) belim(a)
accusative bele bele bela
vocative beli bele bela
locative belim(a) belim(a) belim(a)
instrumental belim(a) belim(a) belim(a)
comparative forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative belji belja belje
genitive beljeg(a) belje beljeg(a)
dative beljem(u) beljoj beljem(u)
accusative inanimate
animate 		belji
beljeg(a) 		belju belje
vocative belji belja belje
locative beljem(u) beljoj beljem(u)
instrumental beljim beljom beljim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative belji belje belja
genitive beljih beljih beljih
dative beljim(a) beljim(a) beljim(a)
accusative belje belje belja
vocative belji belje belja
locative beljim(a) beljim(a) beljim(a)
instrumental beljim(a) beljim(a) beljim(a)
superlative forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative najbelji najbelja najbelje
genitive najbeljeg(a) najbelje najbeljeg(a)
dative najbeljem(u) najbeljoj najbeljem(u)
accusative inanimate
animate 		najbelji
najbeljeg(a) 		najbelju najbelje
vocative najbelji najbelja najbelje
locative najbeljem(u) najbeljoj najbeljem(u)
instrumental najbeljim najbeljom najbeljim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative najbelji najbelje najbelja
genitive najbeljih najbeljih najbeljih
dative najbeljim(a) najbeljim(a) najbeljim(a)
accusative najbelje najbelje najbelja
vocative najbelji najbelje najbelja
locative najbeljim(a) najbeljim(a) najbeljim(a)
instrumental najbeljim(a) najbeljim(a) najbeljim(a)

See also

Colors in Serbo-Croatian · boje / боје (layout · text)
     bijel / бијел, beo / бео      siv / сив, sinji / сињи      crn / црн
             crven / црвен, rumen / румен              narandžast / наранџаст, narančast / наранчаст; smeđ / смеђ, braon / браон              žut / жут; žut / жут
             zelen / зелен              zelen / зелен             
             tirkizan / тиркизан, cijan / цијан; tirkizan / тиркизан              plav / плав              modar / модар
             ljubičast / љубичаст; modar / модар, indigo / индиго              ljubičast / љубичаст, magenta / магента; ljubičast / љубичаст              ružičast / ружичаст, roza / роза

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓɛw˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓɛw˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓɛw˧˧]
  • Audio (Hà Nội):(file)

Etymology 1

From Late Proto-Vietic *pɛːw (“leopard”), from Middle Chinese 豹 (MC paewH, “leopard”), probably through a Tai language. Doublet of báo.

Noun

(classifier con) beo • (豹, 𤣄, 𧴋)

  1. (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) leopard, jaguar or cheetah
    Synonym: báo
Derived terms
  • cọp beo
  • hùm beo

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

beo

  1. scraggy, scrawny
    Synonym: vòn
Derived terms
  • bủng beo
  • bụng ỏng đít beo
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