béo

See also: beo, BEO, beò, and beó

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bʲeːu̯/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *biwos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós (“alive”), from *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”). Compare Welsh byw.

Adjective

béo

  1. alive
  2. living
Inflection
o/ā-stem
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative béo béo béo
Vocative bí, bíi*
béo**
Accusative béo bí, bíi
Genitive bí, bíi bíe bí, bíi
Dative béo bí, bíi béo
Plural Masculine Feminine/neuter
Nominative bí, bíi béoa
Vocative béo
béoa†
Accusative béo
béoa†
Genitive béo
Dative béoaib
Notes *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative

**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized

Descendants

Noun

béo m

  1. being
  2. creature
Inflection
Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
  • bethu

Etymology 2

See etymology on the main entry.

Verb

béo (absolute), ·béo (conjunct)

  1. first-person singular present subjunctive absolute and conjunct of at·tá

Verb

béo

  1. first-person singular preterite absolute of benaid

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
béo béo
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/		 mbéo
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • “béo” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Vietnamese

Etymology 1

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 胖 (“fatty”; SV: bàn).

Pronunciation

Adjective

béo

  1. fat, greasy
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Verb

béo

  1. (Central Vietnam) to pinch
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