beoigh

Irish

Alternative forms

beo, beodh

Etymology

From Old Irish béoigidir.^[1] By surface analysis, beo (“alive”) +‎ -igh (verbal suffix).

Verb

beoigh (present analytic beonn, future analytic beofaidh, verbal noun beochan, past participle beoite)

(ambitransitive) to animate, enliven, freshen, liven (up), refresh, vitalise, perk up

Conjugation

Conjugation of *beoigh* (first conjugation – C)
indicative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
indicative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	beoim	beonn tú; beoir^†	beonn sé, sí	beoimid; beonn muid	beonn sibh	beonn siad; beoid^†	a bheonn; a bheos	beoitear
past	bheoigh mé; bheos	bheoigh tú; bheois	bheoigh sé, sí	bheomar; bheoigh muid	bheoigh sibh; bheobhair	bheoigh siad; bheodar	a bheoigh	beodh
past habitual	bheoinn / beoinn^‡	bheoiteá / beoiteá^‡	bheodh sé, sí / beodh sé, sí^‡	bheoimis; bheodh muid / beoimis^‡; beodh muid^‡	bheodh sibh / beodh sibh^‡	bheoidís; bheodh siad / beoidís^‡; beodh siad^‡	a bheodh	bheoití / beoití^‡

	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
future	beofaidh mé; beofad	beofaidh tú; beofair^†	beofaidh sé, sí	beofaimid; beofaidh muid	beofaidh sibh	beofaidh siad; beofaid^†	a bheofaidh; a bheofas	beofar
conditional	bheofainn / beofainn^‡	bheofá / beofá^‡	bheofadh sé, sí / beofadh sé, sí^‡	bheofaimis; bheofadh muid / beofaimis^‡; beofadh muid^‡	bheofadh sibh / beofadh sibh^‡	bheofaidís; bheofadh siad / beofaidís^‡; beofadh siad^‡	a bheofadh	bheofaí / beofaí^‡

subjunctive	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
subjunctive	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	go mbeo mé; go mbeod^†	go mbeo tú; go mbeoir^†	go mbeo sé, sí	go mbeoimid; go mbeo muid	go mbeo sibh	go mbeo siad; go mbeoid^†	—	go mbeoitear
past	dá mbeoinn	dá mbeoiteá	dá mbeodh sé, sí	dá mbeoimis; dá mbeodh muid	dá mbeodh sibh	dá mbeoidís; dá mbeodh siad	—	dá mbeoití

imperative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
imperative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
—	beoim	beoigh	beodh sé, sí	beoimis	beoigí; beoidh^†	beoidís	—	beoitear

past participle	beoite

verbal noun	beochan

^† archaic or dialect form
^‡ dependent form

Derived terms

beoigh suas (“liven up”, intransitive verb)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *beoigh*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
beoigh	bheoigh	mbeoigh

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “béoaigidir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language