beus

See also: Beus

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈbɛws]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈbəws]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈbews]

Verb

beus

1. second-person singular present indicative of beure

Esperanto

Verb

beus

1. conditional of bei

French

Noun

beus f

1. plural of beu

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʲeu̯s/

Adverb

beus

1. still (up to a time)
   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 91^b10

     Aní as·berinn cosse, is ed as·bǽr beus .i. derchoíniud du remcaisin Dǽ dínni ón.

     What I used to say up to now, I will say still, namely this is the despair of us for a providence of God.

Descendants

• Middle Irish: beós, bós
  • Irish: fós
  • Scottish Gaelic: fòs

Mutation

Mutation of beus

radical	lenition	nasalization
beus	beus pronounced with /βʲ-/	mbeus

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

Further reading

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

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peːs/

Etymology 1

Noun

beus m

1. trade
2. art
3. rent, revenue, tax
4. fornication
5. bottle
6. belly

Etymology 2

From Old Irish bés, from Proto-Celtic *banssus, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ-.

Noun

beus f (genitive singular beusa, plural beusan)

1. moral qualities or manners, whether good or bad, virtue
2. behaviour, deeds, custom, conduct
3. amiability

Derived terms

• ainbheus
• beusach
• beusachd
• mì-bheus

Etymology 3

From English bass.

Noun

beus f (genitive singular beusa, plural beusan)

1. bass viol

Mutation

Mutation of beus

radical	lenition
beus	bheus

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