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béas

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See also: beas

French

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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béas

  1. second-person singular past historic of béer

Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Irish bés, from Proto-Celtic *banssus, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ-.

Noun

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béas m (genitive singular béasa, nominative plural béasa)

  1. habit, wont
  2. moral habit
  3. (in the plural) conduct, manners
Declension
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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
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Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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béas m (genitive singular béasa, nominative plural béasa)

  1. customary tax
  2. dues, cess
Declension
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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

Etymology 3

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Noun

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béas m (genitive singular béasa, nominative plural béasa)

  1. beige
Declension
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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

Mutation

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Mutated forms of béas
radical lenition eclipsis
béas bhéas mbéas

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 207, page 104
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 350, page 120