beo

See also: BEO, béo, beò, and beó

Breton

Adjective

beo

  1. Obsolete spelling of bev

Indonesian

Noun

beo

  1. myna

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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.

Adjective

beo (comparative beo or beocha)

  1. alive
  2. active
  3. lively
  4. (broadcasting) live
  5. live (being in a state of ignition; burning)
    Synonym: dearg
Declension
Declension of beo
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative beo bheo beo;
bheo²
Vocative bheo beo
Genitive beo beo beo
Dative beo;
bheo¹		 bheo beo;
bheo²
Comparative níos beo
Superlative is beo

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms
  • beoigh (“animate, enliven, freshen, liven (up), refresh, vitalise, perk up”, verb)
  • beoshúileach (“quick-eyed”, adjective)
  • díbheo (“lifeless, listless, moribund”, adjective)
  • maitrís bheo (“active matrix”)

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

Noun

beo m (genitive singular beo, nominative plural beo)

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

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative beo beo
Vocative a bheo a bheo
Genitive beo beo
Dative beo beo

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an beo na beo
Genitive an bheo na mbeo
Dative leis an mbeo

don bheo

 leis na beo
  • beatha f (“life; biography; living, livelihood; food, sustenance”)

Verb

beo

  1. present subjunctive analytic of beoigh (“animate, enliven, freshen, liven (up), refresh, vitalise, perk up”)

Etymology 2

Noun

beo m (genitive singular beo, nominative plural beonna)

  1. Alternative form of breo (“brand, torch; glow”)
Declension
Declension of beo

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative beo beonna
Vocative a bheo a bheonna
Genitive beo beonna
Dative beo beonna

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an beo na beonna
Genitive an bheo na mbeonna
Dative leis an mbeo

don bheo

 leis na beonna

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.

Further reading
  • "beo" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “béo” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • Entries containing “beo” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “beo” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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 beāverimus beāveritis 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

Derived terms

References
  • beo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • beo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Middle English

Noun

beo

  1. Alternative form of bee

Old English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /beːo̯/

Etymology 1

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

Verb

bēo

  1. inflection of bēon:
    1. first-person singular indicative and subjunctive
    2. second-person and third-person singular subjunctive
    3. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *bijō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰī-. Cognate with 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
Descendants
See also

Old Irish

Verb

beo

  1. Alternative form of béo

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
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 indefinite forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative beo bela belo
genitive bela bele bela
dative belu beloj belu
accusative inanimate
animate		 beo
bela		 belu belo
vocative beo bela belo
locative belu beloj belu
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)
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)
superlative forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative najbelji najbelja najbelje
genitive najbeljeg(a) najbelje najbeljeg(a)
dative najbeljem(u) najbeljoj najbeljem(u)
accusative inanimate
animate		 najbelji
najbeljeg(a)		 najbelju najbelje
vocative najbelji najbelja najbelje
locative najbeljem(u) najbeljoj najbeljem(u)
instrumental najbeljim najbeljom najbeljim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative najbelji najbelje najbelja
genitive najbeljih najbeljih najbeljih
dative najbeljim(a) najbeljim(a) najbeljim(a)
accusative najbelje najbelje najbelja
vocative najbelji najbelje najbelja
locative najbeljim(a) najbeljim(a) najbeljim(a)
instrumental najbeljim(a) najbeljim(a) najbeljim(a)

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

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Late Proto-Vietic *pɛːw (“leopard”), from Middle Chinese 豹 (MC pˠauH, “leopard”). Doublet of báo.

Pronunciation

Noun

(classifier con) beo (豹, 𧲼, 𧴋)

  1. (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) Synonym of báo (“a leopard, a jaguar or a cheetah”)
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