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báisteach

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Irish

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Báisteach

Etymology

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From Old Irish baistech, from the root baiste ('baptism').

Pronunciation

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Noun

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báisteach f (genitive singular báistí)

  1. verbal noun of báistigh
  2. rain (condensed water from a cloud); rainfall

Declension

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Declension of báisteach (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative báisteach
vocative a bháisteach
genitive báistí
dative báisteach
báistigh (archaic, dialectal)
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an bháisteach
genitive na báistí
dative leis an mbáisteach
leis an mbáistigh (archaic, dialectal)
don bháisteach
don bháistigh (archaic, dialectal)

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of báisteach
radical lenition eclipsis
báisteach bháisteach mbáisteach

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

Further reading

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