beoir

See also: beóir

Irish

Pronunciation

(Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /bʲoːɾʲ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /bʲɔːɾʲ/, [bʲjɔi̯ɾʲ]

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish beóir, from Old Norse bjórr.

Noun

beoir f (genitive singular beorach, nominative plural beoracha)

beer

Declension

Declension of beoir (fifth declension)

bare forms
	singular	plural
nominative	beoir	beoracha
vocative	a bheoir	a bheoracha
genitive	beorach	beoracha
dative	beoir	beoracha

forms with the definite article
	singular	plural
nominative	an bheoir	na beoracha
genitive	na beorach	na mbeoracha
dative	leis an mbeoir don bheoir	leis na beoracha

Hyponyms

lágar (“lager”)
leann donn (“brown ale”)
leann dubh (“stout”)
leann gealbhuí (“pale ale”)
leann searbh (“bitter”)
pórtar (“porter”)

Derived terms

beoir bhairille
beoir fréimhe
beoir Lochlannach
beoir Phrúiseach
beoir shinséir
teach beorach

Etymology 2

Verb

beoir

(dialectal) second-person singular present indicative of beoigh (“animate”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *beoir*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
beoir	bheoir	mbeoir

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) “beoir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “beóir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 73
de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “beoir”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
“beoir”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025