"béar" meaning in Irish

See béar in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /bʲeːɾˠ/
Etymology: Borrowed from English bear, from Middle English bere, from Old English bera, from Proto-West Germanic *berō, from Proto-Germanic *berô. Etymology templates: {{root|ga|ine-pro|*bʰerH-|*bʰerH-|*ǵʰwer-|id=brown|id2=pierce}}, {{bor|ga|en|bear}} English bear, {{der|ga|enm|bere}} Middle English bere, {{der|ga|ang|bera}} Old English bera, {{der|ga|gmw-pro|*berō}} Proto-West Germanic *berō, {{der|ga|gem-pro|*berô}} Proto-Germanic *berô Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|béir|||||||nominative plural|béir|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} béar m (genitive singular béir, nominative plural béir), {{ga-noun|m|béir|béir}} béar m (genitive singular béir, nominative plural béir) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: béir [genitive, singular], béir [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], nominative [indefinite], béar [indefinite, singular], béir [indefinite, plural], vocative [indefinite], a bhéir [indefinite, singular], a bhéara [indefinite, plural], genitive [indefinite], béir [indefinite, singular], béar [indefinite, plural], dative [indefinite], no-table-tags [table-tags], nominative [definite], an béar [definite, singular], na béir [definite, plural], genitive [definite], an bhéir [definite, singular], na mbéar [definite, plural], dative [definite], leis an mbéar [definite, singular], don bhéar [definite, singular], leis na béir [definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], béar [error-unrecognized-form], bhéar [error-unrecognized-form], mbéar [error-unrecognized-form]
  1. bear (mammal) Tags: masculine Synonyms: mathúin
    Sense id: en-béar-ga-noun-lQyyBUE-
  2. (finance) bear Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Finance Categories (lifeform): Ursids
    Sense id: en-béar-ga-noun-vJi7UOgJ Disambiguation of Ursids: 34 66 Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 93 Topics: business, finance
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: béar bán, Béar Beag (english: Ursa Minor), béar donn, béar dubh, béar gréine, béar liath (english: grizzly bear), Béar Mór (english: Ursa Major), béarmhargadh, béarúil, béirín, cró béar, treoraí béar (english: bear-leader)

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "béar bán"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "Ursa Minor",
      "word": "Béar Beag"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "béar donn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "béar dubh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "béar gréine"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "grizzly bear",
      "word": "béar liath"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "Ursa Major",
      "word": "Béar Mór"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "béarmhargadh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "béarúil"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "béirín"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "cró béar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "bear-leader",
      "word": "treoraí béar"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "ga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bʰerH-",
        "4": "*bʰerH-",
        "5": "*ǵʰwer-",
        "id": "brown",
        "id2": "pierce"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "bear"
      },
      "expansion": "English bear",
      "name": "bor"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "enm",
        "3": "bere"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "ang",
        "3": "bera"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English bera",
      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "gmw-pro",
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      },
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      },
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    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "béir",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "béir",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nominative",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "béar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "béir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vocative",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a bhéir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a bhéara",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "genitive",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "béir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "béar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dative",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nominative",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an béar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na béir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "genitive",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an bhéir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na mbéar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dative",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an mbéar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don bhéar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na béir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "béar",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhéar",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mbéar",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
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        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
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        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "béir",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
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        "f4request": "1",
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        "g3": "",
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  "lang": "Irish",
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "bear (mammal)"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "bear",
          "bear"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "mathúin"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Finance",
          "orig": "ga:Finance",
          "parents": [
            "Business",
            "Economics",
            "Society",
            "Social sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 83",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 88",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 93",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 66",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Ursids",
          "orig": "ga:Ursids",
          "parents": [
            "Carnivores",
            "Mammals",
            "Vertebrates",
            "Chordates",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
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        }
      ],
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        "bear"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "finance",
          "finance#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "bear",
          "bear"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(finance) bear"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "finance"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bʲeːɾˠ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "béar"
}
{
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    "Irish first-declension nouns",
    "Irish lemmas",
    "Irish masculine nouns",
    "Irish nouns",
    "Irish terms borrowed from English",
    "Irish terms derived from English",
    "Irish terms derived from Middle English",
    "Irish terms derived from Old English",
    "Irish terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Irish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰerH- (brown)",
    "Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰerH- (pierce)",
    "Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰwer-",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ga:Ursids"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "béar bán"
    },
    {
      "english": "Ursa Minor",
      "word": "Béar Beag"
    },
    {
      "word": "béar donn"
    },
    {
      "word": "béar dubh"
    },
    {
      "word": "béar gréine"
    },
    {
      "english": "grizzly bear",
      "word": "béar liath"
    },
    {
      "english": "Ursa Major",
      "word": "Béar Mór"
    },
    {
      "word": "béarmhargadh"
    },
    {
      "word": "béarúil"
    },
    {
      "word": "béirín"
    },
    {
      "word": "cró béar"
    },
    {
      "english": "bear-leader",
      "word": "treoraí béar"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "ga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bʰerH-",
        "4": "*bʰerH-",
        "5": "*ǵʰwer-",
        "id": "brown",
        "id2": "pierce"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "bear"
      },
      "expansion": "English bear",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "bere"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English bere",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
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        "3": "bera"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English bera",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
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      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *berō",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*berô"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *berô",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from English bear, from Middle English bere, from Old English bera, from Proto-West Germanic *berō, from Proto-Germanic *berô.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "béir",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "béir",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nominative",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "béar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "béir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vocative",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a bhéir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a bhéara",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "genitive",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "béir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "béar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dative",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nominative",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an béar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na béir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "genitive",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an bhéir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na mbéar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dative",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an mbéar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don bhéar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na béir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ga-mut",
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      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "béar",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhéar",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mbéar",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
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  ],
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    {
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        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
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        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "béir"
      },
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    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
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  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "bear (mammal)"
      ],
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        [
          "bear",
          "bear"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "mathúin"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "ga:Finance"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bear"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "finance",
          "finance#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "bear",
          "bear"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(finance) bear"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "finance"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bʲeːɾˠ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "béar"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Irish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-20 using wiktextract (c15a5ce and 5c11237). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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