béar

béar

See also: bear, Bear, beár, and bèar

Irish

Etymology

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

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

• béar bán
• Béar Beag
• béar donn
• béar dubh
• béar gréine
• béar liath
• béarmhargadh
• Béar Mór
• béarúil
• béirín
• cró béar
• treoraí béar

 

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.

Further reading

• "béar" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.