béar

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See also: bear, Bear, beár, and bèar

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English bear, from Middle English bere, from Old English bera, from Proto-West Germanic *berō, from Proto-Germanic *berô.

Pronunciation

Noun

béar m (genitive singular béir, nominative plural béir)

  1. bear (mammal)
    Synonym: mathúin (literary)
  2. (finance) bear

Declension

Declension of béar

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative béar béir
Vocative a bhéir a bhéara
Genitive béir béar
Dative béar béir

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an béar na béir
Genitive an bhéir na mbéar
Dative leis an mbéar

don bhéar

leis na béir

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
béar bhéar mbéar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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