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
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
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “beo”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “béo”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “beo” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 44.
- Entries containing “beo” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 73
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 55
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɛ.o/
- Rhymes: -ɛo
- Hyphenation: bè‧o
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *dweāō, 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/, [ˈbeoː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbe.o/, [ˈbɛːo]
Conjugation
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): /be͜oː/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *biumi (“am”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- (“to become, be”).
Verb
bēo
- inflection of bēon:
- first-person singular indicative/subjunctive
- second/third-person singular subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Etymology 2
From Proto-West Germanic *bijā, from Proto-Germanic *bijō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰey- (“bee”). 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 бьчела (bĭčela), Russian пчела́ (pčelá)), Proto-Celtic *bekos (Old Irish bech, Irish beach).
Declension
Descendants
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 | |
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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 | |
---|---|---|---|---|
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
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”), probably through a Tai language. Doublet of báo.
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓɛw˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓɛw˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɓɛw˧˧]
Audio (Hà Nội) (file)
Noun
(classifier con) beo • (豹, 𧲼, 𧴋)
- (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) a leopard, a jaguar or a cheetah
- Synonym: báo