bíoma

See also: bioma

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

bíoma m (genitive singular bíoma, nominative plural bíomaí)

  1. beam

Declension
Declension of bíoma

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative bíoma bíomaí
Vocative a bhíoma a bhíomaí
Genitive bíoma bíomaí
Dative bíoma bíomaí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an bíoma na bíomaí
Genitive an bhíoma na mbíomaí
Dative leis an mbíoma

don bhíoma

 leis na bíomaí

Derived terms
  • bíoma amuigh (“outrigger”)
  • bíoma bán (“whitebeam”)
  • bíoma fir (“huge, tall man”)
  • bíoma meá (“bar of balance”)
  • bíoma trasna (“cross-beam”)
  • gaoth bhíoma (“beam wind”)
  • I-bhíoma (“I-beam”)
  • strus a chur ar bhíoma (“to stress a beam”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bíoma bhíoma mbíoma
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “bíoma”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “beam”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2023
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