bìth

See also: bith, bíth, bið, biþ, and bith-

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish bí (“pitch”), from Proto-Celtic *bitu, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷétu (compare English cud).

Noun

bìth f (genitive singular bìthe, no plural)

1. glue, gum
2. birdlime
3. resin
4. tar, bitumen
5. pith
6. caulking

Synonyms

• teàrr

Derived terms

• bìth-eòin f (“birdlime”)

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “bìth”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 bí”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language