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  1. béalóg
    Meaning or Explanation (EN): opening
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  2. Bealtaine
    Meaning or Explanation (EN): month of May
    Usage (EN): Lá Bealtaine, May day. Oíche Bhealtaine, May eve. Eadar dhá theinidh Bhealtaine, in a dilemma, between the devil and the deep sea. Sean-Bhealtaine, Old May, the 12th of May.
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  3. bealú
    Usage (EN): Níl ann ach bealú taobh amuigh de ghob, he (etc) does not mean one word of it.
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  4. béama
    Meaning or Explanation (EN): a beam for weighing, a beam of wood, a rafter
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  5. bean
    Meaning or Explanation (EN): woman, wife
    Usage (EN): a bhean chléibh, my dear woman. Bean tí, a housewife. Bean an tí, the woman of the house. Bean uasal, a lady. Bean phósta, married woman. Bean rialta, a nun. Bean mic, daughter-in-law. Bean sráide, a street woman. Bean chaointe, a woman mourner or keener. Bean bhocht, a beggarwoman. Bean ghlúin, a midwife. Tá sé mór le mnaoi, he is great with a girl. Tá sé mór be bean as Ros Beag, he is great with a girl from Rosbeg. Bróga ban, women’s shoes. Bean de na mná, de na cailíní, one of the women, of the girls.
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  6. beangán
    Meaning or Explanation (EN): branch
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  7. beangánach
    Meaning or Explanation (EN): having branches, forked
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  8. beann
    Meaning or Explanation (EN): a point, a peak, a cliff, the gable of a house
    Usage (EN): Ní saor go beinn, the test of a mason is the gable. Thit sé le beinn, he fell down a cliff. Tá sé i nglas beinne, he is trapped on a ledge on the face of a cliff. Níl beinn agam air, I am independent of him. Níl beinn ar bith ar a chuid oibre aige, he does not give a thought to his work. Tá beinn ar a anam aige, he is a god-fearing man.
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  9. beannacht
    Meaning or Explanation (EN): a blessing
    Usage (EN): Beannacht Dé lena anam, God rest his soul. Beannacht le hanam Póil, God rest Paul’s soul (said when speaking of one suffering from epilepsy – to save from the disease). Mo sheacht mbeannacht leat, my best wishes be with you. Mo sheacht mbeannacht ort, I heartily approve of what you have done, or said. Scaoil do bheannacht leis, you will never see it again. Beir mo bheannacht chuige, Remember me to him. Ár mbeannacht leis an am a bhí ann, God be with the good old times. Beannacht agat, good-bye (when leaving). Beannacht leat, Good-bye (to the person who is leaving).
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  10. beannachtach
    Usage (EN): buidheach beannachtach, very thankful and bestowing benedictions
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