beár

See also: bear, Bear, béar, and bèar

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English bar.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bʲaːɾˠ/

Noun

beár m (genitive singular beáir, nominative plural beáir)

  1. bar (in public house)

Declension
Declension of beár

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative beár beáir
Vocative a bheáir a bheára
Genitive beáir beár
Dative beár beáir

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an beár na beáir
Genitive an bheáir na mbeár
Dative leis an mbeár

don bheár

 leis na beáir

Derived terms
  • beár bia (“buffet, snack-bar”)
  • beár pianó (“piano bar”)
  • beár salúin (“saloon-bar”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
beár bheár mbeár
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Further reading
  • Entries containing “beár” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “beár” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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