béim

See also: beim

Irish

Etymology

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From Old Irish béim, from Proto-Celtic *bēsman, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʲeːmʲ/

Noun

béim f (genitive singular béime, nominative plural béimeanna)

1. a blow (act of striking or hitting), stroke (blow or hit)

   Synonyms: buille, cíonán

2. emphasis (special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important), stress (on a point in an argument)
3. (music) beat (pulse on the beat level)

   Synonym: buille

4. (phonology) accent (stronger articulation), stress

   Synonyms: aiceann, béim ghutha

Declension

Declension of béim

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative béim béimeanna Vocative a bhéim a bhéimeanna Genitive béime béimeanna Dative béim béimeanna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an bhéim na béimeanna Genitive na béime na mbéimeanna Dative leis an mbéim don bhéim leis na béimeanna

Derived terms

• béim chluaise
• béim ghréine
• béim ghutha
• béim siar
• béim síos
• béimghríos
• béimneach
• buille sa bhéim
• comhartha béime

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
béim	bhéim	mbéim
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “béim”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “béim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 63
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “béim”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “béim”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “béim”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

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Old Irish

Alternative forms

• béimm

Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *bēsman (Breton boem, Cornish bom), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂- (whence also the corresponding verb benaid) + *-smn̥.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʲeːmʲ/

Noun

béim n (genitive béimme, nominative plural béimmen)

1. verbal noun of benaid
2. a blow (act of striking or hitting), stroke (blow or hit)
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 4^d15

     In Belzefuth: is béss didu ind lïacc benir il-béim friss, et intí do·thuit foir ɔ·boing a chnámi, intí fora tuit-som immurgu at·bail-side.

     The Beelzebub: it is the custom, then, of the stone that many blows are hit against it, and he who falls upon it breaks his bones; however, he whom it falls on perishes

Declension

Neuter n-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	béimN	béimN	béimmenL
Vocative	béimN	béimN	béimmenL
Accusative	béimN	béimN	béimmenL
Genitive	béimme	béimmenN	béimmenN
Dative	béimmimL, béim	béimmenaib	béimmenaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• ailbéimm
• aithbéimm
• béimnech
• taithbéim
• tobéim

 

Descendants

• Irish: béim

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
béim	béim pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/	mbéim
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “béim”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language