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béo

béo

See also: beo, BEO, beò, and be'o

Old Irish

Alternative forms

beo
beu
béu

Adjective

béo

alive
living

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Irish: beo
Manx: bio
Scottish Gaelic: beò

Noun

béo m

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

Related terms

bethu

Etymology 2

Non-lemma forms.

Verb

béo (absolute), ·béo (conjunct)

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

Verb

béo

first-person singular preterite absolute of benaid

Mutation

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

References

“béo” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 胖 (“fatty”)

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ˀɓɛw˧ˀ˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ˀɓɛw˩ˀ˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ˀɓɛw˦ˀ˥]

Adjective

béo

fat, greasy

Derived terms

gan béo ‎(“foie gras”)
gan ngỗng béo ‎(“foie gras”)