beo

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See also: BEO, béo, beò, and beó

Breton[edit]

Adjective[edit]

beo

  1. Obsolete spelling of bev

Indonesian[edit]

Noun[edit]

beo

  1. myna

Notes[edit]

In Indonesia, the word beo is sometimes mistakenly used to refer to psittacines, as opposed to actual myna birds.

Further reading[edit]

Irish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Irish béo (alive),[4] from Proto-Celtic *biwos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós (alive), from *gʷeyh₃- (to live). Compare Welsh byw.

Adjective[edit]

beo (comparative beo or beocha)

  1. alive
  2. active
  3. lively
  4. (broadcasting) live
  5. live (being in a state of ignition; burning)
    Synonym: dearg
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]

Adverb[edit]

beo

  1. (in a negative sentence) for the life of one
    Níl a fhios agam beo.
    I don’t know for the life of me

Noun[edit]

beo m (genitive singular beo, nominative plural beo)

  1. living thing
  2. life
  3. livelihood
  4. quick (sensitive flesh)
Declension[edit]
Related terms[edit]
  • beatha f (life; biography; living, livelihood; food, sustenance)

Verb[edit]

beo

  1. analytic present subjunctive of beoigh (to animate)

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

beo m (genitive singular beo, nominative plural beonna)

  1. Alternative form of breo (brand, torch; glow)
Declension[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
beo bheo mbeo
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 55
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 44
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 73
  4. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “béo”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading[edit]

Italian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛ.o/
  • Rhymes: -ɛo
  • Hyphenation: bè‧o

Verb[edit]

beo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of beare

Anagrams[edit]

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Italic *dweāō, from Proto-Indo-European *dew- (to show favor, revere). Related to bene (well) (from *dwe-nēd) and bonus (good) (from *dwe-nos).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

beō (present infinitive beāre, perfect active beāvī, supine beātum); first conjugation

  1. to bless
  2. to gladden
  3. to enrich (with)

Conjugation[edit]

   Conjugation of beō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present beō beās beat beāmus beātis beant
imperfect beābam beābās beābat beābāmus beābātis beābant
future beābō beābis beābit beābimus beābitis beābunt
perfect beāvī beāvistī beāvit beāvimus beāvistis beāvērunt,
beāvēre
pluperfect beāveram beāverās beāverat beāverāmus beāverātis beāverant
future perfect beāverō beāveris beāverit beāverimus beāveritis beāverint
passive present beor beāris,
beāre
beātur beāmur beāminī beantur
imperfect beābar beābāris,
beābāre
beābātur beābāmur beābāminī beābantur
future beābor beāberis,
beābere
beābitur beābimur beābiminī beābuntur
perfect beātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect beātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect beātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present beem beēs beet beēmus beētis beent
imperfect beārem beārēs beāret beārēmus beārētis beārent
perfect beāverim beāverīs beāverit beāverīmus beāverītis beāverint
pluperfect beāvissem beāvissēs beāvisset beāvissēmus beāvissētis beāvissent
passive present beer beēris,
beēre
beētur beēmur beēminī beentur
imperfect beārer beārēris,
beārēre
beārētur beārēmur beārēminī beārentur
perfect beātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect beātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present beā beāte
future beātō beātō beātōte beantō
passive present beāre beāminī
future beātor beātor beantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives beāre beāvisse beātūrum esse beārī beātum esse beātum īrī
participles beāns beātūrus beātus beandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
beandī beandō beandum beandō beātum beātū

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • beo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • beo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Middle English[edit]

Noun[edit]

beo

  1. Alternative form of bee

Old English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *biumi (am), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- (to become, be).

Verb[edit]

bēo (West Saxon)

  1. inflection of bēon:
    1. first-person singular indicative
    2. singular subjunctive
    3. singular imperative

Etymology 2[edit]

From Proto-West Germanic *bijā, from Proto-Germanic *bijō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰey- (bee). Cognate with Old Frisian (West Frisian bij), Old Saxon bīa (Middle Low German bīe), Dutch bij, Old High German bīa, bini (German Biene, dialectal Beie), Old Norse (Danish and Swedish bi). The Indo-European root is also the source of Lithuanian bìtė, Latvian bite, Proto-Slavic *bьčela (Old Church Slavonic бьчела (bĭčela), Russian пчела́ (pčelá)), Proto-Celtic *bekos (Old Irish bech, Irish beach).

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

bēo f (nominative plural bēon)

  1. bee
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Middle English: bee, be, beo, bey
    • English: bee
    • Scots: bee, be, beye, bie, bea
    • Yola: been (plural)
See also[edit]

Old Irish[edit]

Verb[edit]

beo

  1. Alternative form of béo

Mutation[edit]

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

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bělъ.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

bȅo (definite bȇlī, comparative bèljī, Cyrillic spelling бе̏о)

  1. white
  2. blank
  3. blanched

Declension[edit]

See also[edit]

Colors in Serbo-Croatian · boje / боје (layout · text)
     bijelбијел, beoбео      sivсив, sinjiсињи      crnцрн
             crvenцрвен, rumenрумен              narandžastнаранџаст, narančastнаранчаст; smeđсмеђ, braonбраон              žutжут; žutжут
             zelenзелен              zelenзелен             
             tirkizanтиркизан, cijanцијан; tirkizanтиркизан              plavплав              modarмодар
             ljubičastљубичаст; modarмодар, indigoиндиго              ljubičastљубичаст, magentaмагента; ljubičastљубичаст              ružičastружичаст, rozaроза

Vietnamese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Late Proto-Vietic *pɛːw (leopard), from Middle Chinese (MC paewH, “leopard”), probably through a Tai language. Doublet of báo.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(classifier con) beo (, 𧲼, 𧴋)

  1. (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) a leopard, a jaguar or a cheetah
    Synonym: báo