béim

See also: beim

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish béim, from Proto-Celtic *bēsman.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bʲeːmʲ/

Noun

béim f (genitive singular béime, nominative plural béimeanna)

  1. a blow (act of striking or hitting), stroke (blow or hit)
    Synonyms: buille, cíonán
  2. emphasis (special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important), stress (on a point in an argument)
  3. (music) beat (pulse on the beat level)
    Synonym: buille
  4. (phonology) accent (stronger articulation), stress
    Synonyms: aiceann, béim ghutha

Declension
Declension of béim

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative béim béimeanna
Vocative a bhéim a bhéimeanna
Genitive béime béimeanna
Dative béim béimeanna

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an bhéim na béimeanna
Genitive na béime na mbéimeanna
Dative leis an mbéim

don bhéim

 leis na béimeanna

Derived terms
  • béim chluaise
  • béim ghréine
  • béimghríos
  • béim ghutha
  • béimneach
  • béim siar
  • béim síos
  • buille sa bhéim
  • comhartha béime

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

Further reading
  • “béim” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “béim” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 63.
  • "béim" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • Entries containing “béim” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “béim” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Old Irish

Alternative forms
  • béimm

Etymology

from Proto-Celtic *bēsman (Breton boem, Cornish bom), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂- (whence also the corresponding verb benaid) + *-smn̥.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bʲeːmʲ/

Noun

béim n

  1. verbal noun of benaid
  2. a blow (act of striking or hitting), stroke (blow or hit)

Declension
Neuter n-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative béimN béimN béimmenL
Vocative béimN béimN béimmenL
Accusative béimN béimN béimmenL
Genitive béimme béimmenN béimmenN
Dative béimmimL, béimL béimmenaib béimmenaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms
  • ailbéimm
  • aithbéimm
  • béimnech
  • taithbéim
  • tobéim

Descendants

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
béim béim
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/		 mbéim
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*bē-sman”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 64

Further reading
  • “béim” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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