# bior
## Irish
### Pronunciation

* (Munster, Ulster) IPA: /ˈbʲɨ̞ɾˠ/
* (Aran) IPA: /ˈbʲɪɾˠ/

### Etymology 1

From Old Irish bir (“stake”).

#### Noun

bior m (genitive singular beara, nominative plural bioranna)
* point, tip
* spike
* spur
* pin
* (cooking) spit
* (cricket) point, fielding position between gully and cover

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
bior
bioranna
vocative
a bhior
a bhioranna
genitive
beara
bioranna
dative
bior
bioranna
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an bior
na bioranna
genitive
an bheara
na mbioranna
dative
leis an mbior don bhior
leis na bioranna :
* Alternative genitive plural: bear

##### Derived terms

* bior fiacla m (“toothpick”)
* bior greanta m (“graver, burin”)
* bior oighir m (“icepick”)
* bior-róst (“spitroast”, verb)
* biorach (“pointed; sharp”, adjective)
* biorach m (“sharp, tricky, person; trick-winning card”)
* biorán m (“knitting needle; pin”)
* biorbheannach m (“pronghorn”)
* bioróg f (“rough horsetail”)

### Etymology 2

From Old Irish bir (“water; spring, well, stream”).

#### Noun

bior m (genitive singular beara)
* (literary) water

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
nominative
bior
vocative
a bhior
genitive
beara
dative
bior
forms with the definite article
case
singular
nominative
an bior
genitive
an bheara
dative
leis an mbior don bhior :

### Mutation

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

### References

* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 58
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 95
* ↑ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 44
* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 bir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 bir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bior”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

From Old Irish bir (“stake”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /piɾ/

### Noun

bior m (genitive singular biora, plural bioran)
* spike, tine, prong
* spit, skewer
* pin, prick, thorn
* cusp

#### Derived terms

* air bhioran (“excited”)

### See also

* bioran
* biorag
* biorach
* bioranach

### Mutation

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

### Further reading

* Edward Dwelly (1911) “bior”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 bir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language