beo
See also: BEO, béo, beò, and beó
Breton
Adjective
beo
- Obsolete spelling of bev
Indonesian
Noun
beo
- myna
Irish
Pronunciation
- (Munster, Connacht) IPA(key): /bʲoː/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /bʲɔː/
Etymology 1
From Old Irish béo (“living, quick; alive; a living being; an immortal”), from Proto-Celtic *biwos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós (“alive”), from *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”). Compare Welsh byw.
Adjective
beo (comparative beo or beocha)
- alive
- active
- lively
- (broadcasting) live
- live (being in a state of ignition; burning)
- Synonym: dearg
Declension
Declension of beo
| 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.
- Alternative plural form: beodha
- Alternative comparative form: beocha (Cois Fharraige)
Derived terms
- beoghníomhaíocht
- beoigh
- beo-phéintéireacht
- beoshúileach
- díbheo
- maitrís bheo
Adverb
beo
- (in a negative sentence) for the life of one
- Níl a fhios agam beo.
- I don’t know for the life of me
Noun
beo m (genitive singular beo, nominative plural beo)
- living thing
- life
- livelihood
- quick (sensitive flesh)
Declension
Declension of beo
Fourth declension
Bare forms
| Forms with the definite article
|
Related terms
- beatha f (“life; biography; living, livelihood; food, sustenance”)
Verb
beo
- present subjunctive analytic of beoigh (“animate, enliven, freshen, liven (up), refresh, vitalise, perk up”)
Noun
beo m (genitive singular beo, nominative plural beonna)
- Alternative form of breo (“brand, torch; glow”)
Declension
Declension of beo
Fourth declension
Bare forms
| Forms with the definite article
|
Mutation
| 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. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “beo”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “béo”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “beo” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 44.
- Entries containing “beo” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 73
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 55
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɛ.o/
- Rhymes: -ɛo
- Hyphenation: bè‧o
Verb
beo
- first-person singular present indicative of beare
Anagrams
- boe
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *dweāō, from Proto-Indo-European *dew- (“to show favor, revere”). Related to bene (“well”) (from *dwe-nēd) and bonus (“good”) (from *dwe-nos).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbe.oː/, [ˈbeoː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbe.o/, [ˈbɛːo]
Verb
beō (present infinitive beāre, perfect active beāvī, supine beātum); first conjugation
- I bless
- I gladden
- I enrich (with)
Conjugation
| Conjugation of beō (first conjugation) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | beō | beās | beat | beāmus | beātis | beant |
| imperfect | beābam | beābās | beābat | beābāmus | beābātis | beābant | |
| future | beābō | beābis | beābit | beābimus | beābitis | beābunt | |
| perfect | beāvī | beāvistī | beāvit | beāvimus | beāvistis | beāvērunt, beāvēre | |
| pluperfect | beāveram | beāverās | beāverat | beāverāmus | beāverātis | beāverant | |
| future perfect | beāverō | beāveris | beāverit | beāverimus | beāveritis | beāverint | |
| passive | present | beor | beāris, beāre | beātur | beāmur | beāminī | beantur |
| imperfect | beābar | beābāris, beābāre | beābātur | beābāmur | beābāminī | beābantur | |
| future | beābor | beāberis, beābere | beābitur | beābimur | beābiminī | beābuntur | |
| perfect | beātus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | beātus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | beātus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | beem | beēs | beet | beēmus | beētis | beent |
| imperfect | beārem | beārēs | beāret | beārēmus | beārētis | beārent | |
| perfect | beāverim | beāverīs | beāverit | beāverīmus | beāverītis | beāverint | |
| pluperfect | beāvissem | beāvissēs | beāvisset | beāvissēmus | beāvissētis | beāvissent | |
| passive | present | beer | beēris, beēre | beētur | beēmur | beēminī | beentur |
| imperfect | beārer | beārēris, beārēre | beārētur | beārēmur | beārēminī | beārentur | |
| perfect | beātus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | beātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | beā | — | — | beāte | — |
| future | — | beātō | beātō | — | beātōte | beantō | |
| passive | present | — | beāre | — | — | beāminī | — |
| future | — | beātor | beātor | — | — | beantor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | beāre | beāvisse | beātūrum esse | beārī | beātum esse | beātum īrī | |
| participles | beāns | — | beātūrus | — | beātus | beandus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| beandī | beandō | beandum | beandō | beātum | beātū | ||
Derived terms
- beātus
References
- “beo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “beo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Middle English
Noun
beo
- Alternative form of bee
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /be͜oː/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *biumi (“am”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- (“to become, be”).
Verb
bēo
- inflection of bēon:
- first-person singular indicative/subjunctive
- second/third-person singular subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Etymology 2
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).
Alternative forms
- bīo, bī
Noun
bēo f (nominative plural bēon)
- bee
Declension
Declension of beo
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | bēo | bēon |
| accusative | bēo | bēon |
| genitive | bēo | bēona |
| dative | bēo | bēom |
Derived terms
- bēobrēad
- bēoceorl
- bēogang
- bēomōdor
- bēonbroþ
- bēowyrt
Descendants
- Middle English: bee, be, beo, bey
- English: bee
- Scots: bee, be, beye, bie, bea
- Yola: been (plural)
See also
- Bēowulf
Old Irish
Verb
beo
- Alternative form of béo
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| beo | beo pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/ | mbeo |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- bijȇl, bȉo (Ijekavian, dialectal)
- bȇl (dialectal)
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *bělъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bêo/
Adjective
bȅo (definite bȇlī, comparative bèljī, Cyrillic spelling бе̏о)
- white
- blank
- blanched
Declension
positive indefinite forms
| 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) | |
positive definite forms
| 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) | |
comparative forms
| 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) | |
superlative forms
| 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) | |
See also
| bijel, beo бијел, бео | siv, sinji сив, сињи | crn црн |
| crven, rumen црвен, румен | narandžast, narančast наранџаст, наранчаст; smeđ, braon смеђ, браон | žut жут; žut жут |
| zelen зелен | zelen зелен | |
| tirkizan (cijan) тиркизан (цијан); tirkizan тиркизан | plav плав | modar модар |
| ljubičast љубичаст; modar (indigo) модар (индиго) | ljubičast (magenta) љубичаст (магента); ljubičast љубичаст | ružičast, roza ружичаст, роза |
Vietnamese
Etymology
From Late Proto-Vietic *pɛːw (“leopard”), from Middle Chinese 豹 (MC pˠauH, “leopard”), probably through a Tai language. Doublet of báo.
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓɛw˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓɛw˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɓɛw˧˧]
Audio (Hà Nội) (file)
Noun
(classifier con) beo • (豹, 𧲼, 𧴋)
- (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) a leopard, a jaguar or a cheetah
- Synonym: báo