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Irish
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle English bever, from Old English befer (“beaver”), from Proto-Germanic *bebruz (“beaver”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰébʰrus (“beaver”).
Noun
béabhar m (genitive singular béabhair, nominative plural béabhair)
- beaver
- beaver hat
Declension
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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béabhar
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bhéabhar
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mbéabhar
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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