# beo
## Breton
### Adjective

beo
* Obsolete spelling of bev.

## Indonesian
### Noun

beo
* myna

### Notes

In Indonesia, the word beo is sometimes mistakenly used to refer to psittacines, as opposed to actual myna birds.

### Further reading

* “beo” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Irish
### Pronunciation

* (Munster, Connacht) IPA: /bʲoː/
* (Ulster) IPA: /bʲɔː/

### Etymology 1

From Old Irish béo (“alive”), from Proto-Celtic *biwos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós (“alive”), from *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”). Compare Welsh byw.

#### Adjective

beo (comparative beo or beocha)
* alive
* active
* lively
* (broadcasting) live
* live (being in a state of ignition; burning)
    Synonym: dearg

##### Declension

$^1$ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article. $^2$ When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
* Alternative plural form: beodha
* Alternative comparative forms: beocha (Cois Fharraige), beoichte (Ulster)

##### Derived terms

* beo-phéintéireacht
* beoghníomhaíocht
* beoigh
* beoshúileach
* díbheo
* maitrís bheo

#### Adverb

beo
* (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)
* living thing
* life
* livelihood
* quick (sensitive flesh)

##### 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 :

##### Related terms

* beatha f (“life; biography; living, livelihood; food, sustenance”)

#### Verb

beo
* analytic present subjunctive of beoigh (“to animate”)

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

beo m (genitive singular beo, nominative plural beonna)
* Alternative form of breo (“brand, torch; glow”)

##### 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

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 55
* ↑ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 44
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 73
* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “béo”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “beo”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “beo”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “beo”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɛ.o/
* Rhymes: -ɛo
* Hyphenation: bè‧o

### Verb

beo
* first-person singular present indicative of beare

### Anagrams

* boe

## Latin
### Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Italic *dwejos, whence Latin bonus (“good”) (from Proto-Italic *dwenos). See bonus for more info.
De Vaan (2008) casts doubt on this etymology.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈbe.oː/, [ˈbeoː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈbe.o/, [ˈbɛːo]

### Verb

beō (present infinitive beāre, perfect active beāvī, supine beātum); first conjugation
* to bless
* to gladden
* to enrich (with)

#### Derived terms

* beātus

### References

* ↑ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “beō, -āre”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 70
* “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
* Alternative form of bee

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /be͜oː/

### Etymology 1

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

#### Alternative forms

* bēom, bīom

#### Verb

bēo (West Saxon)
* inflection of bēon:
** first-person singular indicative
** singular subjunctive
** singular imperative

### Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *bijā, from Proto-Germanic *bijō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰey- (“bee”). 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 бьчела (bĭčela), Russian пчела́ (pčelá)), Proto-Celtic *bekos (Old Irish bech, Irish beach).

#### Alternative forms

* bīo, bī

#### Noun

bēo f (nominative plural bēon)
* bee

##### Declension

Weak:

##### Derived terms

* bēobrēad
* bēoceorl
* bēogang
* bēomōdor
* bēonbroþ
* bēowyrt

##### Descendants

* Middle English: bee, be, beo, bey
** English: bee
** Fingallian: bee
** Scots: bee, be, beye, bie, bea
** Yola: been (plural)

##### See also

* Bēowulf

## Old Irish
### Verb

beo
* Alternative form of béo

### Mutation

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

## Serbo-Croatian
### Alternative forms

* bijȇl, bȉo (Ijekavian, dialectal)
* bȇl (dialectal)

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bělъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bêo/

### Adjective

bȅo (Cyrillic spelling бе̏о, definite bȇlī, comparative bèljī)
* white
* blank
* blanched

#### Declension
### See also

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

## Vietnamese
### Etymology

From Late Proto-Vietic *pɛːw (“leopard”), from Middle Chinese 豹 (MC paewH, “leopard”), probably through a Tai language. Doublet of báo.

### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [ʔɓɛw˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [ʔɓɛw˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [ʔɓɛw˧˧]
* Audio (Hà Nội):(file)

### Noun

(classifier con) beo • (豹, 𤣄, 𧴋)
* (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) a leopard, a jaguar or a cheetah
    Synonym: báo

#### Derived terms

* cọp beo
* hùm beo