béas

See also: beas

French

Pronunciation

Homophones: béa, béât

Verb

béas

second-person singular past historic of béer

Irish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bʲeːsˠ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish bés (“habit, custom, usual procedure, practice; manner, way; morals, good behaviour”).

Noun

béas m (genitive singular béasa, nominative plural béasa)

habit, wont
moral habit
(plural) conduct, manners

Declension

Declension of béas

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	béas	béasa
Vocative	a bhéas	a bhéasa
Genitive	béasa	béas
Dative	béas	béasa

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an béas	na béasa
Genitive	an bhéasa	na mbéas
Dative	leis an mbéas don bhéas	leis na béasa

Synonyms

(manners): béascna

Derived terms

Terms derived from béas

ainbhéas (“bad habit; vice”)
béasach (“well-behaved; mannerly, polite”, adjective)

béasach (“well-mannered, lady-like, girl”)
béasaíocht (“mannerliness, politeness”)

dea-bhéas (“good habit; (pl.) good conduct; good manners, etiquette”)
drochbhéas (“bad habit; immoral habit, vice”)

Etymology 2

Noun

béas m (genitive singular béasa, nominative plural béasa)

customary tax
dues, cess

Declension

Declension of béas

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	béas	béasa
Vocative	a bhéas	a bhéasa
Genitive	béasa	béas
Dative	béas	béasa

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an béas	na béasa
Genitive	an bhéasa	na mbéas
Dative	leis an mbéas don bhéas	leis na béasa

Etymology 3

Noun

béas m (genitive singular béasa, nominative plural béasa)

beige

Declension

Declension of béas

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	béas	béasa
Vocative	a bhéas	a bhéasa
Genitive	béasa	béas
Dative	béas	béasa

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an béas	na béasa
Genitive	an bhéasa	na mbéas
Dative	leis an mbéas don bhéas	leis na béasa

Synonyms

dath béis

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
béas	bhéas	mbéas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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