beoir

See also: beóir

Irish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [bʲoːɾʲ]

Etymology 1

From Old Irish beóir, from Old Norse bjórr.

Noun

beoir f (genitive singular beorach, nominative plural beoracha)

beer
(colloquial, rare) a woman

Declension

Declension of beoir

Fifth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	beoir	beoracha
Vocative	a bheoir	a bheoracha
Genitive	beorach	beoracha
Dative	beoir	beoracha

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an bheoir	na beoracha
Genitive	na beorach	na mbeoracha
Dative	leis an mbeoir don bheoir	leis na beoracha

Derived terms

Terms derived from beoir

beoir bhairille (“draught beer”)
beoir fréimhe (“root beer”)

beoir Lochlannach (“heather-ale”)
beoir Phrúiseach (“spruce beer”)

beoir shinséir (“ginger-beer”)
teach beorach (“alehouse”)

Etymology 2

Verb

beoir

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

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
beoir	bheoir	mbeoir
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

"beoir" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“beóir” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
beior, in Béaloideas: the journal of the Folklore of Ireland Society, 1966, page 184.
Entries containing “beoir” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “beoir” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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