beir

See also beír

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA: [bʲɛɾʲ]

Etymology 1

From Old Irish beirid, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-.

Verb

beir (present analytic beireann, future analytic béarfaidh, verbal noun breith, past participle beirthe)

1. to bear, give birth to

Conjugation

Conjugation

Finite forms

	Analytic	1st sing.	2d sing.	3d sing.	Autonomous
		1st pl.	2d pl.	3d pl.
Present	beireann	beirim	beirir*		beirtear
		beirimid		beirid*
Imperfect	bheireadh	bheirinn	bheirteá		bheirtí
		bheirimis		bheiridís
Past	rug	rugas*	rugais*		rugadh
		rugamar	rugabhar*	rugadar*
Future	béarfaidh	béarfad*	béarfair*		béarfar
		béarfaimid		béarfaid*
Conditional	bhéarfadh	bhéarfainn	bhéarfá		bhéarfaí
		bhéarfaimis		bhéarfaidís
Present subjunctive	beire	beiread*	beirir*		beirtear
		beirimid		beirid*
Past subjunctive	beireadh	beirinn	beirteá		beirtí
		beirimis		beiridís
Imperative	beireadh	beirim	beir		beirtear
		beirimis	beirigí; beiridh*	beiridís
*(Nonstandard)

Past participle

beirthe

Verbal noun

breith

Derived terms

• beir ar – to catch

Etymology 2

Inflected form of beidh.

Verb

beir

1. (Munster) 2d person sing. future of bí

   you (singular) will be

Related terms

• beidh (analytic)
• bead (1st person sing. synthetic, nonstandard)
• beimid (1st person pl. synthetic)
• beid (3d person pl. synthetic, nonstandard)
• beifear (autonomous)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
beir	bheir	mbeir
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Old Irish

Verb

·beir (present), beir (imperative)

1. third-person singular present conjunct of beirid
2. second-person singular imperative of beirid

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Scottish Gaelic

Verb

beir (present participle breith or beirsinn)

1. carry, bear
2. catch

Participles

Tense \ Voice	Active	Passive
Present	a' breith	--
Past	rug	rugadh
Future	beiridh	beirear
Conditional	bheireadh	bheirteadh