Béar Beag

Irish

Proper noun

An Béar Beag m (genitive an Bhéir Bhig)

1. (astronomy) Ursa Minor

Related terms

• An Béar Mór m (“Ursa Major”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Béar Beag	Bhéar Beag	mBéar Beag
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Béar Beag”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Béar Beag”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Béar Beag”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024