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)

bear (mammal)
Synonym: mathúin (literary)
(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

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.

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