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beo

beo

See also: BEO, béo, beò, and be'o

Breton

Adjective

beo

  1. Obsolete spelling of bev

Irish

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

Adjective

beo ‎(comparative beo or beocha)

  1. alive
  2. active
  3. lively
  4. live (broadcast)
  5. live ‎(“being in a state of ignition; burning”)

Declension

  • Alternative comparative form: beocha (Cois Fharraige)

Derived terms

  • díbheo ‎(“lifeless, listless, moribund”)

Synonyms

  • (being in a state of ignition; burning): dearg

Noun

beo m ‎(genitive singular beo, nominative plural beo)

  1. living thing
  2. life
  3. livelihood
  4. quick (sensitive flesh)

Declension

Related terms

Adverb

beo

  1. (in a negative sentence) for the life of one
    Níl a fhios agam beo.‎
    I don’t know for the life of me

Verb

beo

  1. present subjunctive analytic of beoigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
beo bheo mbeo
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • "beo" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “béo” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Italian

Verb

beo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of beare

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *dweos, from earlier *dwejos, from Proto-Indo-European *dew- ‎(“to show favor, revere”). Related to bene ‎(“well”) (from *dwe-nēd) and bonus ‎(“good”) (from *dwe-nos).

Pronunciation

Verb

beō ‎(present infinitive beāre, perfect active beāvī, supine beātum); first conjugation

  1. I bless
  2. I gladden
  3. I enrich (with)

Inflection

   Conjugation of beo (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present beō beās beat beāmus beātis beant
imperfect beābam beābās beābat beābāmus beābātis beābant
future beābō beābis beābit beābimus beābitis beābunt
perfect beāvī beāvistī beāvit beāvimus beāvistis beāvērunt, beāvēre
pluperfect beāveram beāverās beāverat beāverāmus beāverātis beāverant
future perfect beāverō beāveris beāverit beāverimus beāveritis beāverint
passive present beor beāris, beāre beātur beāmur beāminī beantur
imperfect beābar beābāris, beābāre beābātur beābāmur beābāminī beābantur
future beābor beāberis, beābere beābitur beābimur beābiminī beābuntur
perfect beātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect beātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect beātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present beem beēs beet beēmus beētis beent
imperfect beārem beārēs beāret beārēmus beārētis beārent
perfect beāverim beāverīs beāverit beāverīmus beāverītis beāverint
pluperfect beāvissem beāvissēs beāvisset beāvissēmus beāvissētis beāvissent
passive present beer beēris, beēre beētur beēmur beēminī beentur
imperfect beārer beārēris, beārēre beārētur beārēmur beārēminī beārentur
perfect beātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect beātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — beā — — beāte —
future — beātō beātō — beātōte beantō
passive present — beāre — — beāminī —
future — beātor beātor — — beantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives beāre beāvisse beātūrus esse beārī beātus esse beātum īrī
participles beāns — beātūrus — beātus beandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
beāre beandī beandō beandum beātum beātū

References

Old English

Verb

bēo

  1. first-person singular active of bēon
  2. first-person singular subjunctive of bēon
  3. second-person singular subjunctive of bēon
  4. third-person singular subjunctive of bēon
  5. singular imperative of bēon

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *bijō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰī-. Germanic cognates include 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 бьчєла ‎(bĭčela), Russian пчела ‎(pčela)), Proto-Celtic *beko- (Old Irish bech, Irish beach).

Alternative forms

Noun

bēo f ‎(nominative plural bēon)

  1. bee
Derived terms
See also
Descendants

Old Irish

Verb

beo

  1. Alternative form of béo

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
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

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bělъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bêo/

Adjective

bȅo ‎(definite bȇlī, comparative bèljī, Cyrillic spelling бе̏о)

  1. white
  2. blank
  3. blanched

Declension

positive definite forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
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)
comparative forms
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)

See also

Colors in Serbo-Croatian · boje / боје (layout · text)
     crven, rumen
црвен, румен 		     zelen
зелен 		     žut
жут 		     žut
жут 		     bijel, beo
бијел, бео
     ?      ljubičast (magenta)
љубичаст (магента)		      tirkizan
тиркизан 		     zelen
зелен 		     ružičast, roza
ружичаст, роза
     modar (indigo)
модар (индиго)		      modar
модар 		     narandžast, narančast
наранџаст, наранчаст 		     siv, sinji
сив, сињи 		     ljubičast
љубичаст
     crn
црн 		     ljubičast
љубичаст 		     smeđ, braon
смеђ, браон 		     plav
плав 		     tirkizan (cijan)
тиркизан (цијан)

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 豹 (“leopard; panther”; SV: báo), from Proto-Vietic *pɛːw ‎(“leopard; panther”)

Pronunciation

Noun

(classifier con) beo ‎(豹, 𧲼, 𧴋)

  1. (dated) any big cat with spotted coat, such as the leopard, panther, jaguar or cheetah

Synonyms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *biumi ‎(“am”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- ‎(“to become, be”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /beːo/

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