beir

== Irish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bʲɛɾʲ/ === Etymology 1 === From Middle Irish beirid, from Old Irish beirid. Cognate with English bear, Latin ferō, Sanskrit भरति (bharati). ==== Verb ==== beir (present analytic beireann, future analytic béarfaidh, verbal noun breith, past participle beirthe) (ambitransitive) bear, give birth to (of persons, usually autonomously with do) Rug sí lao. ― She bore a calf. Rugadh iníon di. ― A daughter was born to her. lay (of birds) bear away, win bring, take proceed, advance ===== Conjugation ===== In Munster, past indicative forms built on the form riug are encountered: ===== Derived terms ===== beir ar (“catch; overtake”) === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== beir (literary, Munster) second-person singular future of bí ===== Usage notes ===== The modern standard form is the analytic construction beidh tú. === Mutation === === References === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “beir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “beirid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language == Middle English == === Noun === beir (Essex) alternative form of ber == Middle Scots == === Alternative forms === bere bear, beare, beere (Anglicised) === Etymology === Inherited from Early Scots bere, from Old English bēor, from Proto-West Germanic *beuʀ, from Proto-Germanic *beuzą. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /biːr/ === Noun === beir (uncountable) beer ==== Descendants ==== Scots: beer === References === “bere, beir, n.3”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC. == Old Irish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbʲeɾʲ/ === Verb === beir second-person singular imperative of beirid === Verb === ·beir third-person singular present conjunct of beirid === Mutation === == Scottish Gaelic == === Etymology === From Old Irish beirid. === Verb === beir (past rug, future beiridh, verbal noun breith, past participle beirte) to give birth to to carry, catch; catch up with; overtake; catch hold of [with air] ==== Conjugation ==== === References === Edward Dwelly (1911), “beir”, 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), “beirid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language == West Flemish == === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch bēre, from Old Dutch *bero, from Proto-West Germanic *berō. ==== Noun ==== beir m (plural beirn) bear (large predatory mammal of the family Ursidae) (figurative) person who is physically impressive and/or crude === Etymology 2 === From Middle Dutch bêer, from Old Dutch *bēr, from Proto-West Germanic *bair. ==== Noun ==== beir m (plural beirn) boar (male swine)