béabhar

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English bever, from Old English befer (“beaver”), from Proto-Germanic *bebruz (“beaver”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰébʰrus (“beaver”).

Noun

béabhar m (genitive singular béabhair, nominative plural béabhair)

1. beaver
2. beaver hat

Declension

Declension of béabhar

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative béabhar béabhair Vocative a bhéabhair a bhéabhara Genitive béabhair béabhar Dative béabhar béabhair

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an béabhar na béabhair Genitive an bhéabhair na mbéabhar Dative leis an mbéabhar don bhéabhar leis na béabhair

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
béabhar	bhéabhar	mbéabhar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “béabhar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “beaver”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024