bíoma

bíoma

See also: bioma

Irish

Noun

bíoma m (genitive singular bíoma, nominative plural bíomaí)

1. beam

Declension

Declension of bíoma

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative bíoma bíomaí Vocative a bhíoma a bhíomaí Genitive bíoma bíomaí Dative bíoma bíomaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an bíoma na bíomaí Genitive an bhíoma na mbíomaí Dative leis an mbíoma don bhíoma leis na bíomaí

Derived terms

• bíoma amuigh (“outrigger”)
• bíoma bán (“whitebeam”)
• bíoma fir (“huge, tall man”)
• bíoma meá (“bar of balance”)
• bíoma trasna (“cross-beam”)
• gaoth bhíoma (“beam wind”)
• I-bhíoma (“I-beam”)
• strus a chur ar bhíoma (“to stress a beam”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bíoma	bhíoma	mbíoma
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• "bíoma" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “beam” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.