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Beathag

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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beatha (life) +‎ -ag

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Beathag f (genitive Beathaig, vocative a Bheathag)

  1. a female given name, often anglicized as Beth, Betty, Bethany, Rebecca or Sophie, though these are etymologically unrelated
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Mutation

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Mutation of Beathag
radical lenition
Beathag Bheathag

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

References

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  1. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh