beithir

== Irish == === Etymology === From Old Irish beithir, possibly from Proto-Celtic *betrixs. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbʲehəɾʲ/ === Noun === beithir f (genitive singular beithre or beithreach, nominative plural beithreacha) (literary) bear (animal) (literary) warrior ==== Declension ==== === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “beiṫir”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 64 Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “beithir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN == Old Irish == === Etymology === Possibly from Proto-Celtic *betrixs. The sense of “bear”, according to MacBain, was undoubtedly influenced by or borrowed from Proto-Germanic *berô, but the word also had the sense of “wild beast, serpent, monster”, and the like, which could be a Celtic descendant of the source of Latin bēstia (“wild beast”), itself of uncertain origin === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbʲe.θʲəɾʲ/ (Blasse) [ˈbʲe.θʲɪɾʲ] (Griffith) [ˈbʲe.θʲɨɾʲ] === Noun === beithir f or m (genitive bethrach or beithre) bear warrior, hero ==== Inflection ==== === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “beithir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language == Scottish Gaelic == === Etymology === From Old Irish beithir, possibly from Proto-Celtic *betrixs. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpe.ɪɾʲ/ === Noun === beithir m (genitive singular beathrach, plural beithrichean or beathraichean) (regional) bear (animal) serpent, viper wild beast === Mutation === === Further reading === MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “beithir”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[2], Stirling, →ISBN Edward Dwelly (1911), “beithir”, 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), “beithir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language