"beithir" meaning in Irish

See beithir in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈbʲehəɾʲ/
Etymology: From Old Irish beithir, possibly from Proto-Celtic *betrixs. Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|sga|beithir}} Old Irish beithir, {{inh|ga|cel-pro|*betrixs}} Proto-Celtic *betrixs Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|beithre|or|beithreach|||||nominative plural|beithreacha|||||altform=|cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=}} beithir f (genitive singular beithre or beithreach, nominative plural beithreacha), {{ga-noun|f|beithre|beithreacha|gen2=beithreach}} beithir f (genitive singular beithre or beithreach, nominative plural beithreacha) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: beithre [genitive, singular], beithreach [genitive, singular], beithreacha [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], beithir [indefinite, nominative, singular], beithreacha [indefinite, nominative, plural], a bheithir [indefinite, singular, vocative], a bheithreacha [indefinite, plural, vocative], beithre [genitive, indefinite, singular], beithreacha [genitive, indefinite, plural], beithir [dative, indefinite, singular], beithreacha [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an bheithir [definite, nominative, singular], na beithreacha [definite, nominative, plural], na beithre [definite, genitive, singular], na mbeithreacha [definite, genitive, plural], leis an mbeithir [dative, definite, singular], don bheithir [dative, definite, singular], leis na beithreacha [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], beithir [indefinite, nominative, singular], beithreacha [indefinite, nominative, plural], a bheithir [indefinite, singular, vocative], a bheithreacha [indefinite, plural, vocative], beithreach [genitive, indefinite, singular], beithreacha [genitive, indefinite, plural], beithir [dative, indefinite, singular], beithreacha [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an bheithir [definite, nominative, singular], na beithreacha [definite, nominative, plural], na beithreach [definite, genitive, singular], na mbeithreacha [definite, genitive, plural], leis an mbeithir [dative, definite, singular], don bheithir [dative, definite, singular], leis na beithreacha [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], beithir [error-unrecognized-form], bheithir [error-unrecognized-form], mbeithir [error-unrecognized-form]
  1. (literary) bear (animal) Tags: feminine, literary
    Sense id: en-beithir-ga-noun-Be9BvN8g Categories (other): Ursids Disambiguation of Ursids: 46 54
  2. (literary) warrior Tags: feminine, literary
    Sense id: en-beithir-ga-noun-~7KRAyg7 Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Ursids Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 28 72 Disambiguation of Ursids: 46 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0
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  "categories": [
    {
      "_dis": "0 0",
      "kind": "other",
      "langcode": "ga",
      "name": "People",
      "orig": "ga:People",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w+disamb"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "beithir"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish beithir",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*betrixs"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *betrixs",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish beithir, possibly from Proto-Celtic *betrixs.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "beithre",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beithreach",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beithreacha",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beithir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beithreacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a bheithir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a bheithreacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beithre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beithreacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beithir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beithreacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an bheithir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na beithreacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na beithre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na mbeithreacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an mbeithir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don bheithir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na beithreacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beithir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beithreacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a bheithir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a bheithreacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beithreach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beithreacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beithir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beithreacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an bheithir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na beithreacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na beithreach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na mbeithreacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an mbeithir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don bheithir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na beithreacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beithir",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bheithir",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mbeithir",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "beithreacha",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "beithre",
        "5": "or",
        "6": "beithreach",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "altform": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "beithir f (genitive singular beithre or beithreach, nominative plural beithreacha)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "beithre",
        "3": "beithreacha",
        "gen2": "beithreach"
      },
      "expansion": "beithir f (genitive singular beithre or beithreach, nominative plural beithreacha)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "46 54",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Ursids",
          "orig": "ga:Ursids",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bear (animal)"
      ],
      "id": "en-beithir-ga-noun-Be9BvN8g",
      "links": [
        [
          "bear",
          "bear"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) bear (animal)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "28 72",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "46 54",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ga",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "warrior"
      ],
      "id": "en-beithir-ga-noun-~7KRAyg7",
      "links": [
        [
          "warrior",
          "warrior"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) warrior"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "literary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbʲehəɾʲ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "beithir"
}

{
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    "Irish feminine nouns",
    "Irish fifth-declension nouns",
    "Irish lemmas",
    "Irish nouns",
    "Irish second-declension nouns",
    "Irish terms derived from Old Irish",
    "Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "Irish terms inherited from Old Irish",
    "Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ga:People",
    "ga:Ursids",
    "gd-noun 2",
    "gd:Snakes",
    "gd:Ursids"
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      },
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    }
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    {
      "form": "beithre",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beithreach",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beithreacha",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beithir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beithreacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a bheithir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a bheithreacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beithre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beithreacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beithir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beithreacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an bheithir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na beithreacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na beithre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na mbeithreacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an mbeithir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don bheithir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na beithreacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beithir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beithreacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a bheithir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a bheithreacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beithreach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beithreacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beithir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beithreacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an bheithir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na beithreacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na beithreach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na mbeithreacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an mbeithir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don bheithir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na beithreacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beithir",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bheithir",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mbeithir",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "beithreacha",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "beithre",
        "5": "or",
        "6": "beithreach",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "altform": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "beithir f (genitive singular beithre or beithreach, nominative plural beithreacha)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "beithre",
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        "gen2": "beithreach"
      },
      "expansion": "beithir f (genitive singular beithre or beithreach, nominative plural beithreacha)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Irish literary terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bear (animal)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bear",
          "bear"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) bear (animal)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Irish literary terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "warrior"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "warrior",
          "warrior"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) warrior"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "literary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbʲehəɾʲ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "beithir"
}

Download raw JSONL data for beithir meaning in Irish (5.6kB)

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  "msg": "HTML tag <div> not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "beithir"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "beithir",
  "trace": "started on line 3, detected on line 3"
}

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  "path": [
    "beithir"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "beithir",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: beithir/Irish 'radical' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "beithir"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "beithir",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'lenition'",
  "path": [
    "beithir"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "beithir",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'eclipsis'",
  "path": [
    "beithir"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "beithir",
  "trace": ""
}

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