bior

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Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish bir (“stake”).[4]

Noun

bior m (genitive singular beara, nominative plural bioranna)

  1. point, tip
  2. spike
  3. spur
  4. pin
  5. (cooking) spit
  6. (cricket) point, fielding position between gully and cover
Declension
Declension of bior (third declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative bior bioranna
vocative a bhior a bhioranna
genitive beara bioranna
dative bior bioranna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an bior na bioranna
genitive an bheara na mbioranna
dative leis an mbior
don bhior 		leis na bioranna
  • Alternative genitive plural: bear
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish bir (“water; spring, well, stream”).[5]

Noun

bior m (genitive singular beara)

  1. (literary) water
Declension
Declension of bior (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative bior
vocative a bhior
genitive beara
dative bior
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an bior
genitive an bheara
dative leis an mbior
don bhior

Mutation

Mutated forms of bior
radical lenition eclipsis
bior bhior mbior

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 58
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 95
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 44
  4. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 bir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  5. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 bir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish bir (“stake”).

Pronunciation

Noun

bior m (genitive singular biora, plural bioran)

  1. spike, tine, prong
  2. spit, skewer
  3. pin, prick, thorn
  4. cusp

Derived terms

See also

Mutation

Mutation of bior
radical lenition
bior bhior

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

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “bior”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 bir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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