beir

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See also: beír

Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Irish beirid, from Old Irish beirid. Cognate with English bear, Latin ferō, Sanskrit भरति (bharati).

Verb

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

  1. bear, give birth to (of persons, usually autonomously with do)
    Ruglao.She bore a calf.
    Rugadh iníon di.A calf was born to her.
  2. lay (of birds)
  3. bear away, win
  4. bring, take
  5. proceed, advance
Conjugation
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In Munster, past indicative forms built on the form riug are encountered:

Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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beir

  1. (literary, Munster) second-person singular future of
    Beir ana-shásta ansin.
    You will be very happy there.
Usage notes
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The modern standard form is the analytic construction beidh .

Mutation

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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.

References

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Old Irish

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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beir

  1. second-person singular imperative of beirid

·beir

  1. third-person singular present conjunct of beirid

Mutation

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

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish beirid.

Verb

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beir (past rug, future beiridh, verbal noun breith, past participle beirte)

  1. to give birth to
  2. to carry, catch; catch up with; overtake; catch hold of [with air]

Conjugation

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References

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “beir”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “beirid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

West Flemish

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch bēre, from Old Dutch *bero, from Proto-West Germanic *berō.

Noun

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beir m (plural beirn)

  1. bear (large predatory mammal of the family Ursidae)
  2. (figurative) person who is physically impressive and/or crude

Etymology 2

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From Middle Dutch bêer, from Old Dutch *bēr, from Proto-West Germanic *bair.

Noun

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beir m (plural beirn)

  1. boar (male swine)