Bé

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Irish

Etymology

From bé (“woman, maiden”), from Old Irish bé, from Proto-Celtic *ben, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn (“woman”).

Pronunciation

Noun

Bé f (genitive singular Bé, nominative plural Béithe)

  1. (Greek mythology) a Muse
    Na naoi mBéithe ― The nine muses

Declension

Declension of Bé (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative Bé Béithe
vocative a Bhé a Bhéithe
genitive Bé Béithe
dative Bé Béithe
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an Bhé na Béithe
genitive na Bé na mBéithe
dative leis an mBé
don Bhé 		leis na Béithe

Mutation

Mutated forms of Bé
radical lenition eclipsis
Bé Bhé mBé

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Bé”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “Muse”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024

Further reading

Limburgish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From earlier bei, from Middle High German bīe, from Old High German bīa, from Proto-Germanic *bijō.

Pronunciation

Noun

Bé f (plural Béjje, diminutive Béttje)

  1. (Eupen) bee

Derived terms

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