beoigh

Irish

Alternative forms

beo, beodh

Etymology

From Old Irish béoigidir.^[1] By surface analysis, beo (“alive”) +‎ -igh (verbal suffix).

Verb

beoigh (present analytic beonn, future analytic beofaidh, verbal noun beochan, past participle beoite)

(ambitransitive) to animate, enliven, freshen, liven (up), refresh, vitalise, perk up

Conjugation

conjugation of beoigh (first conjugation – C)

tense	singular			plural			relative	autonomous
verbal noun	beochan
past participle	beoite
tense	first	second	third	first	second	third	relative	autonomous
indicative
present	beoim	beonn tú; beoir^†	beonn sé, sí	beoimid	beonn sibh	beonn siad; beoid^†	a bheonn; a bheos / a mbeonn*	beoitear
past	bheoigh mé; bheos	bheoigh tú; bheois	bheoigh sé, sí	bheomar; bheoigh muid	bheoigh sibh; bheobhair	bheoigh siad; bheodar	a bheoigh / ar bheoigh*	beodh
past habitual	bheoinn / mbeoinn‡‡	bheoiteá / mbeoiteá‡‡	bheodh sé, sí / mbeodh sé, sí‡‡	bheoimis; bheodh muid / mbeoimis‡‡; mbeodh muid‡‡	bheodh sibh / mbeodh sibh‡‡	bheoidís; bheodh siad / mbeoidís‡‡; mbeodh siad‡‡	a bheodh / a mbeodh*	bheoití / mbeoití‡‡
future	beofaidh mé; beofad	beofaidh tú; beofair^†	beofaidh sé, sí	beofaimid; beofaidh muid	beofaidh sibh	beofaidh siad; beofaid^†	a bheofaidh; a bheofas / a mbeofaidh*	beofar
conditional	bheofainn / mbeofainn‡‡	bheofá / mbeofá‡‡	bheofadh sé, sí / mbeofadh sé, sí‡‡	bheofaimis; bheofadh muid / mbeofaimis‡‡; mbeofadh muid‡‡	bheofadh sibh / mbeofadh sibh‡‡	bheofaidís; bheofadh siad / mbeofaidís‡‡; mbeofadh siad‡‡	a bheofadh / a mbeofadh*	bheofaí / mbeofaí‡‡
subjunctive
present	go mbeo mé; go mbeod^†	go mbeo tú; go mbeoir^†	go mbeo sé, sí	go mbeoimid; go mbeo muid	go mbeo sibh	go mbeo siad; go mbeoid^†	—	go mbeoitear
past	dá mbeoinn	dá mbeoiteá	dá mbeodh sé, sí	dá mbeoimis; dá mbeodh muid	dá mbeodh sibh	dá mbeoidís; dá mbeodh siad	—	dá mbeoití
imperative
–	beoim	beoigh	beodh sé, sí	beoimis	beoigí; beoidh^†	beoidís	—	beoitear

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Derived terms

beoigh suas (“liven up”, intransitive verb)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *beoigh*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
beoigh	bheoigh	mbeoigh

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

References

^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “béoaigidir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language