bior

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish bir (“stake”).

Noun

bior m (genitive singular beara, nominative plural bioranna)

  1. point, tip
  2. spike
  3. spur
  4. pin
  5. (cooking) spit
  6. (cricket) point, fielding position between gully and cover
Declension
  • Alternative genitive plural: bear
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish bir (“water; spring, well, stream”).

Noun

bior m (genitive singular beara)

  1. (literary) water
Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bior bhior mbior
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • "bior" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “1 bir” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “2 bir” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish bir (“stake”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /piɾ/

Noun

bior m (genitive singular biora, plural bioran)

  1. spike, tine, prong
  2. spit, skewer
  3. pin, prick, thorn
  4. cusp

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalLenition
biorbhior
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

See also

Further reading

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “1 bir” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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