beo
beo
In Indonesia, the word beo is sometimes mistakenly used to refer to psittacines, as opposed to actual myna birds.
From Old Irish béo (“alive”),[4] from Proto-Celtic *biwos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós (“alive”), from *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”). Compare Welsh byw.
beo (comparative beo or beocha)
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | beo | bheo | beo; bheo² | |
| Vocative | bheo | beo | ||
| Genitive | beo | beo | beo | |
| Dative | beo; bheo¹ |
bheo | beo; bheo² | |
| Comparative | níos beo | |||
| Superlative | is beo | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
beo
beo m (genitive singular beo, nominative plural beo)
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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beo
beo m (genitive singular beo, nominative plural beonna)
| 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. | ||
beo
Perhaps from Proto-Italic *dwejos, whence Latin bonus (“good”) (from Proto-Italic *dwenos). See bonus for more info.
De Vaan (2008) casts doubt on this etymology.[1]
beō (present infinitive beāre, perfect active beāvī, supine beātum); first conjugation
beo
From Proto-Germanic *biumi (“am”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- (“to become, be”).
bēo (West Saxon)
From Proto-West Germanic *bijā, from Proto-Germanic *bijō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰey- (“bee”). Cognate with Old Frisian bē (West Frisian bij), Old Saxon bīa (Middle Low German bīe), Dutch bij, Old High German bīa, bini (German Biene, dialectal Beie), Old Norse bý (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).
bēo f (nominative plural bēon)
beo
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| beo | beo pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/ |
mbeo |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bělъ.
bȅo (Cyrillic spelling бе̏о, definite bȇlī, comparative bèljī)
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | beo | bela | belo | |
| genitive | bela | bele | bela | |
| dative | belu | beloj | belu | |
| accusative | inanimate animate |
beo bela |
belu | belo |
| vocative | beo | bela | belo | |
| locative | belu | beloj | belu | |
| instrumental | belim | belom | belim | |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | beli | bele | bela | |
| genitive | belih | belih | belih | |
| dative | belim(a) | belim(a) | belim(a) | |
| accusative | bele | bele | bela | |
| vocative | beli | bele | bela | |
| locative | belim(a) | belim(a) | belim(a) | |
| instrumental | belim(a) | belim(a) | belim(a) | |
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | beli | bela | belo | |
| genitive | belog(a) | bele | belog(a) | |
| dative | belom(u/e) | beloj | belom(u/e) | |
| accusative | inanimate animate |
beli belog(a) |
belu | belo |
| vocative | beli | bela | belo | |
| locative | belom(e/u) | beloj | belom(e/u) | |
| instrumental | belim | belom | belim | |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | beli | bele | bela | |
| genitive | belih | belih | belih | |
| dative | belim(a) | belim(a) | belim(a) | |
| accusative | bele | bele | bela | |
| vocative | beli | bele | bela | |
| locative | belim(a) | belim(a) | belim(a) | |
| instrumental | belim(a) | belim(a) | belim(a) | |
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | belji | belja | belje | |
| genitive | beljeg(a) | belje | beljeg(a) | |
| dative | beljem(u) | beljoj | beljem(u) | |
| accusative | inanimate animate |
belji beljeg(a) |
belju | belje |
| vocative | belji | belja | belje | |
| locative | beljem(u) | beljoj | beljem(u) | |
| instrumental | beljim | beljom | beljim | |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | belji | belje | belja | |
| genitive | beljih | beljih | beljih | |
| dative | beljim(a) | beljim(a) | beljim(a) | |
| accusative | belje | belje | belja | |
| vocative | belji | belje | belja | |
| locative | beljim(a) | beljim(a) | beljim(a) | |
| instrumental | beljim(a) | beljim(a) | beljim(a) | |
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | najbelji | najbelja | najbelje | |
| genitive | najbeljeg(a) | najbelje | najbeljeg(a) | |
| dative | najbeljem(u) | najbeljoj | najbeljem(u) | |
| accusative | inanimate animate |
najbelji najbeljeg(a) |
najbelju | najbelje |
| vocative | najbelji | najbelja | najbelje | |
| locative | najbeljem(u) | najbeljoj | najbeljem(u) | |
| instrumental | najbeljim | najbeljom | najbeljim | |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | najbelji | najbelje | najbelja | |
| genitive | najbeljih | najbeljih | najbeljih | |
| dative | najbeljim(a) | najbeljim(a) | najbeljim(a) | |
| accusative | najbelje | najbelje | najbelja | |
| vocative | najbelji | najbelje | najbelja | |
| locative | najbeljim(a) | najbeljim(a) | najbeljim(a) | |
| instrumental | najbeljim(a) | najbeljim(a) | najbeljim(a) | |
| bijel／бијел, beo／бео | siv／сив, sinji／сињи | crn／црн |
| crven／црвен, rumen／румен | narandžast／наранџаст, narančast／наранчаст; smeđ／смеђ, braon／браон | žut／жут; žut／жут |
| zelen／зелен | zelen／зелен | |
| tirkizan／тиркизан, cijan／цијан; tirkizan／тиркизан | plav／плав | modar／модар |
| ljubičast／љубичаст; modar／модар, indigo／индиго | ljubičast／љубичаст, magenta／магента; ljubičast／љубичаст | ružičast／ружичаст, roza／роза |
From Late Proto-Vietic *pɛːw (“leopard”), from Middle Chinese 豹 (MC paewH, “leopard”), probably through a Tai language. Doublet of báo.
(classifier con) beo • (豹, 𤣄, 𧴋)