béo

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See also: beo, BEO, beò, and beó

Old Irish

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Celtic *biwos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós (alive), from *gʷeyh₃- (to live). Compare Welsh byw.

Adjective

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béo

  1. alive
  2. living
Inflection
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o/ā-stem
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative béo béo béo
Vocative (i)*
béo**
Accusative béo (i)
Genitive (i) bíe (i)
Dative béo (i) béo
Plural Masculine Feminine/neuter
Nominative (i) béoa
Vocative béo
béoa
Accusative béo
béoa
Genitive béo
Dative béoaib
Notes *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative

**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized

Descendants
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  • Irish: beo
  • Manx: bio
  • Scottish Gaelic: beò

Noun

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béo m

  1. being
  2. creature
Inflection
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Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative béo béoL (i)L
Vocative (i) béoL béoH
Accusative béoN béoL béoH
Genitive (i)L béo béoN
Dative béoL béoaib béoaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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béo (absolute), ·béo (conjunct)

  1. first-person singular present subjunctive absolute and conjunct of at·tá

Verb

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béo

  1. first-person singular preterite absolute of benaid

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
béo béo
pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/
mbéo
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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Vietnamese

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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béo (, , 󱩎)

  1. (chiefly Northern Vietnam) fat
    Synonym: mập
  2. fatty
    axit béoa fatty acid
Derived terms
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Descendants
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See also

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Etymology 2

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Alternative forms

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Verb

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béo

  1. (Central Vietnam) to pinch