baist

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish baithsid, baitsid, baistid (to baptise), from baithis, baithes, bathais (baptism), from Latin baptisma, from Ancient Greek βάπτισμα (báptisma).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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baist (present analytic baisteann, future analytic baistfidh, verbal noun baisteadh, past participle baiste)

  1. (transitive, Christianity) baptize
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 61:
      bŭæšcĭm hū ə n-ænm̥ n̥ æhr̥ agəs n̥ viḱ agəs n̥ spŕiȷ n̄ȳv.
      [Baistim thú in ainm an Athar agus an Mhic agus an Spioraid Naoimh.]
      I baptize you in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
  2. (transitive) name
  3. (transitive) add water to

Conjugation

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  • baiste m (baptism)
  • baisteach m (baptist)
  • baisteachán m ((act of) nicknaming, calling names; abuse)
  • baistíoch m ((newly) baptized person; Christian; living person)

Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
baist bhaist mbaist
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bait(h)sid, baistid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 61

Further reading

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Scots

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Noun

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baist (plural baists)

  1. beast

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish baithsid, baitsid, baistid (to baptise), from baithis, baithes, bathais (baptism), from Latin baptisma, from Ancient Greek βάπτισμα (báptisma).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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baist (past bhaist, future baistidh, verbal noun baisteadh, past participle baiste)

  1. (Christianity) baptize, christen

Mutation

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Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
baist bhaist
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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