beo
Breton
Indonesian
Irish
Etymology 1
From Old Irish béo (“living, quick; alive; a living being; an immortal”), from Proto-Celtic *biwos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós (“alive”), from *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”). Compare Welsh byw.
Adjective
beo (comparative beo or beocha)
Declension
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | beo | bheo | beo; bheo² | |
Vocative | bheo | beo | ||
Genitive | beo | beo | beo | |
Dative | beo; bheo¹ |
bheo | beo; bheo² | |
Comparative | níos beo | |||
Superlative | is beo |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
- Alternative plural form: beodha
- Alternative comparative form: beocha (Cois Fharraige)
Derived terms
- beoigh (“animate, enliven, freshen, liven (up), refresh, vitalise, perk up”, verb)
- beoshúileach (“quick-eyed”, adjective)
- díbheo (“lifeless, listless, moribund”, adjective)
- maitrís bheo (“active matrix”)
Adverb
beo
- (in a negative sentence) for the life of one
- Níl a fhios agam beo.
- I don’t know for the life of me
Noun
beo m (genitive singular beo, nominative plural beo)
- living thing
- life
- livelihood
- quick (sensitive flesh)
Declension
Fourth declension
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Related terms
- beatha f (“life; biography; living, livelihood; food, sustenance”)
Verb
beo
Noun
beo m (genitive singular beo, nominative plural beonna)
- Alternative form of breo (“brand, torch; glow”)
Declension
Fourth declension
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
beo | bheo | mbeo |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- "beo" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “béo” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- Entries containing “beo” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “beo” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *dweos, from earlier *dwejos, from Proto-Indo-European *dew- (“to show favor, revere”). Related to bene (“well”) (from *dwe-nēd) and bonus (“good”) (from *dwe-nos).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbe.oː/
Inflection
Derived terms
References
- beo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- beo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Middle English
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /beːo̯/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *biumi (“am”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- (“to become, be”).
Verb
bēo
- inflection of bēon:
- first-person singular indicative and subjunctive
- second-person and third-person singular subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *bijō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰī-. Cognate with Old Frisian bē (West Frisian bij), Old Saxon bīa (Middle Low German bīe), Dutch bij, Old High German bīa, bini (German Biene, dialectal Beie), Old Norse bý (Danish and Swedish bi). The Indo-European root is also the source of Lithuanian bìtė, Latvian bite, Proto-Slavic *bьčela (Old Church Slavonic бьчєла (bĭčela), Russian пчела (pčela)), Proto-Celtic *beko- (Old Irish bech, Irish beach).
Old Irish
Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
beo | beo pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/ |
mbeo |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *bělъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bêo/
Declension
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
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nominative | beo | bela | belo | |
genitive | bela | bele | bela | |
dative | belu | beloj | belu | |
accusative | inanimate animate |
beo bela |
belu | belo |
vocative | beo | bela | belo | |
locative | belu | beloj | belu | |
instrumental | belim | belom | belim | |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | beli | bele | bela | |
genitive | belih | belih | belih | |
dative | belim(a) | belim(a) | belim(a) | |
accusative | bele | bele | bela | |
vocative | beli | bele | bela | |
locative | belim(a) | belim(a) | belim(a) | |
instrumental | belim(a) | belim(a) | belim(a) |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
---|---|---|---|---|
nominative | beli | bela | belo | |
genitive | belog(a) | bele | belog(a) | |
dative | belom(u/e) | beloj | belom(u/e) | |
accusative | inanimate animate |
beli belog(a) |
belu | belo |
vocative | beli | bela | belo | |
locative | belom(e/u) | beloj | belom(e/u) | |
instrumental | belim | belom | belim | |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | beli | bele | bela | |
genitive | belih | belih | belih | |
dative | belim(a) | belim(a) | belim(a) | |
accusative | bele | bele | bela | |
vocative | beli | bele | bela | |
locative | belim(a) | belim(a) | belim(a) | |
instrumental | belim(a) | belim(a) | belim(a) |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
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nominative | belji | belja | belje | |
genitive | beljeg(a) | belje | beljeg(a) | |
dative | beljem(u) | beljoj | beljem(u) | |
accusative | inanimate animate |
belji beljeg(a) |
belju | belje |
vocative | belji | belja | belje | |
locative | beljem(u) | beljoj | beljem(u) | |
instrumental | beljim | beljom | beljim | |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | belji | belje | belja | |
genitive | beljih | beljih | beljih | |
dative | beljim(a) | beljim(a) | beljim(a) | |
accusative | belje | belje | belja | |
vocative | belji | belje | belja | |
locative | beljim(a) | beljim(a) | beljim(a) | |
instrumental | beljim(a) | beljim(a) | beljim(a) |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
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nominative | najbelji | najbelja | najbelje | |
genitive | najbeljeg(a) | najbelje | najbeljeg(a) | |
dative | najbeljem(u) | najbeljoj | najbeljem(u) | |
accusative | inanimate animate |
najbelji najbeljeg(a) |
najbelju | najbelje |
vocative | najbelji | najbelja | najbelje | |
locative | najbeljem(u) | najbeljoj | najbeljem(u) | |
instrumental | najbeljim | najbeljom | najbeljim | |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | najbelji | najbelje | najbelja | |
genitive | najbeljih | najbeljih | najbeljih | |
dative | najbeljim(a) | najbeljim(a) | najbeljim(a) | |
accusative | najbelje | najbelje | najbelja | |
vocative | najbelji | najbelje | najbelja | |
locative | najbeljim(a) | najbeljim(a) | najbeljim(a) | |
instrumental | najbeljim(a) | najbeljim(a) | najbeljim(a) |
See also
Colors in Serbo-Croatian · boje / боје (layout · text) | ||||
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bijel, beo бијел, бео |
siv, sinji сив, сињи |
crn црн | ||
crven, rumen црвен, румен |
narandžast, narančast наранџаст, наранчаст ; smeđ, braon смеђ, браон |
žut жут ; žut жут | ||
zelen зелен |
zelen зелен |
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tirkizan (cijan) тиркизан (цијан) ; tirkizan тиркизан |
plav плав |
modar модар | ||
ljubičast љубичаст ; modar (indigo) модар (индиго) |
ljubičast (magenta) љубичаст (магента) ; ljubičast љубичаст |
ružičast, roza ружичаст, роза |
Vietnamese
Etymology
From Late Proto-Vietic *pɛːw (“leopard”), from Middle Chinese 豹 (MC pˠauH, “leopard”). Doublet of báo.
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓɛw˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓɛw˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɓɛw˧˧]
Noun
(classifier con) beo (豹, 𧲼, 𧴋)
- (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) Synonym of báo (“a leopard, a jaguar or a cheetah”)