béas

See also: beas

French

Pronunciation

Verb

béas

  1. second-person singular past historic of béer

Irish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bʲeːsˠ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish bés (“habit, custom, usual procedure, practice; manner, way; morals, good behaviour”).

Noun

béas m (genitive singular béasa, nominative plural béasa)

  1. habit, wont
  2. moral habit
  3. (plural) conduct, manners
Declension
Declension of béas

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative béas béasa
Vocative a bhéas a bhéasa
Genitive béasa béas
Dative béas béasa

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an béas na béasa
Genitive an bhéasa na mbéas
Dative leis an mbéas

don bhéas

 leis na béasa
Synonyms
Derived terms
  • ainbhéas (“bad habit; vice”)
  • béasach (“well-behaved; mannerly, polite”, adjective)
  • béasach (“well-mannered, lady-like, girl”)
  • béasaíocht (“mannerliness, politeness”)
  • dea-bhéas (“good habit; (pl.) good conduct; good manners, etiquette”)
  • drochbhéas (“bad habit; immoral habit, vice”)

Noun

béas m (genitive singular béasa, nominative plural béasa)

  1. customary tax
  2. dues, cess
Declension
Declension of béas

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative béas béasa
Vocative a bhéas a bhéasa
Genitive béasa béas
Dative béas béasa

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an béas na béasa
Genitive an bhéasa na mbéas
Dative leis an mbéas

don bhéas

 leis na béasa

Noun

béas m (genitive singular béasa, nominative plural béasa)

  1. beige
Declension
Declension of béas

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative béas béasa
Vocative a bhéas a bhéasa
Genitive béasa béas
Dative béas béasa

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an béas na béasa
Genitive an bhéasa na mbéas
Dative leis an mbéas

don bhéas

 leis na béasa
Synonyms
  • dath béis

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
béas bhéas mbéas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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