beachaire

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish bechaire; synchronically, beach (“bee”) +‎ -aire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʲaxəɾʲə/

Noun

beachaire m (genitive singular beachaire, nominative plural beachairí)

1. beekeeper
2. beehive

Declension

Declension of beachaire

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative beachaire beachairí Vocative a bheachaire a bheachairí Genitive beachaire beachairí Dative beachaire beachairí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an beachaire na beachairí Genitive an bheachaire na mbeachairí Dative leis an mbeachaire don bheachaire leis na beachairí

Derived terms

• beachaireacht f (“beekeeping, apiculture”)

Related terms

• beachadóireacht f (“beekeeping, apiculture”)

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “beachaire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bechaire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language