beoigh

Irish

Alternative forms

• beo

Etymology

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

Verb

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

1. (transitive, intransitive) animate, enliven, freshen, liven (up), refresh, vitalise, perk up

Conjugation

conjugation of beoigh (first conjugation – C)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	beoim	beonn tú; beoir†	beonn sé, sí	beoimid	beonn sibh	beonn siad; beoid†	a bheonn; a bheos / a mbeonn*	beoitear
	past	bheoigh mé; bheos	bheoigh tú; bheois	bheoigh sé, sí	bheomar; bheoigh muid	bheoigh sibh; bheobhair	bheoigh siad; bheodar	a bheoigh / ar bheoigh*	beodh
	past habitual	bheoinn / mbeoinn‡‡	bheoiteá / mbeoiteᇇ	bheodh sé, sí / mbeodh sé, s퇇	bheoimis; bheodh muid / mbeoimis‡‡; mbeodh muid‡‡	bheodh sibh / mbeodh sibh‡‡	bheoidís; bheodh siad / mbeoidís‡‡; mbeodh siad‡‡	a bheodh / a mbeodh*	bheoití / mbeoit퇇
future		beofaidh mé; beofad	beofaidh tú; beofair†	beofaidh sé, sí	beofaimid; beofaidh muid	beofaidh sibh	beofaidh siad; beofaid†	a bheofaidh; a bheofas / a mbeofaidh*	beofar
conditional		bheofainn / mbeofainn‡‡	bheofá / mbeofᇇ	bheofadh sé, sí / mbeofadh sé, s퇇	bheofaimis; bheofadh muid / mbeofaimis‡‡; mbeofadh muid‡‡	bheofadh sibh / mbeofadh sibh‡‡	bheofaidís; bheofadh siad / mbeofaidís‡‡; mbeofadh siad‡‡	a bheofadh / a mbeofadh*	bheofaí / mbeofa퇇
subjunctive	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		beoim	beoigh	beodh sé, sí	beoimis	beoigí; beoidh†	beoidís	—	beoitear
verbal noun		beochan
past participle		beoite

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

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.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “beoigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “beoigh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “beoigh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024