bíth
Appearance
Old Irish
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-Celtic *bītū, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂- (“to strike”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bíth (gender unknown)
- (archaic) verbal noun of benaid (“to strike”)
- Synonym: (usual form) béim
Usage notes
[edit]Found almost only in the complex prepositions fo bíth and fo bíthin; in Middle and Modern Irish complex prepositions using ar, do, and tre have come into existence.
Declension
[edit]- Short dative singular: bíth
- Long dative singular: bíthin
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Middle Irish: bíthin
- ⇒ Middle Irish: ar bíthin
- ⇒ Middle Irish: do bíthin
- ⇒ Middle Irish: tre bíthin
- Irish: bíthin
- ⇒ Irish: ar bhíthin
- ⇒ Irish: do bhíthin
- ⇒ Irish: trí bhíthin
Further reading
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bíth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
[edit]Habitual present form:
Imperative forms:
Verb
[edit]bíth
- inflection of at·tá:
Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | nasalization |
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bíth | bíth pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/ |
mbíth |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Categories:
- Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰeyh₂- (strike)
- Old Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Old Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old Irish lemmas
- Old Irish nouns
- Old Irish terms with archaic senses
- Old Irish verbal nouns
- Old Irish non-lemma forms
- Old Irish verb forms