beò
Italian
Verb
beò
- third-person singular past historic of beare
Anagrams
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Lewis, Islay) IPA(key): /b̥jɔː/[1], [b̥i̯ɔː][2], [b̥ɪ̯ɔˑ][3]
- (Southern Hebridean, Wester Ross) IPA(key): /b̥ɛɔː/[4], /b̥eɔː/[5]
- (Colonsay) IPA(key): /b̥ɛo/[6]
Adjective
beò (nominative plural beòtha)
Synonyms
- (lively): aighearach
Derived terms
- airgead-beò (“mercury”)
- beò-ghlac (“capture, captivate”)
- beò-ghlacadh (“obsession”)
- beothaich (“arouse, enliven, kindle, vitalize; revive; animate”)
- rèidio-beò (“radioactive”)
- thig beò air (“survive on”)
Related terms
References
- ^ Oftedal, M. (1956), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 62
- ^ Scouller, Alastair (2017), The Gaelic Dialect of Colonsay (PhD thesis), Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh, page 130
- ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh, page 64
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 148
- ^ Scouller, Alastair (2017), The Gaelic Dialect of Colonsay (PhD thesis), Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh, page 205