babhta

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠɑut̪ˠə/

Etymology 1

From English bout, from Middle English bught, probably from an unrecorded variant of Old English byht (“a bend”), from Proto-Germanic *buhtiz (“a bend”).

Noun

babhta m (genitive singular babhta, nominative plural babhtaí)

1. bout
   1. spell, turn
   2. (sports) round
2. time, occasion
3. blow

Declension

Declension of babhta

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative babhta babhtaí Vocative a bhabhta a bhabhtaí Genitive babhta babhtaí Dative babhta babhtaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an babhta na babhtaí Genitive an bhabhta na mbabhtaí Dative leis an mbabhta don bhabhta leis na babhtaí

Derived terms

• babhta oibre (“spell of work”)
• babhta óil (“binge”)
• babhta tinnis (“bout of illness”)
• babhtaí (“sometimes”)
• réamhbhabhta (“preliminary [sports]”)

 

Etymology 2

From English boot, from Middle English boote, bote, bot, from Old English bōt (“advantage”), from Proto-Germanic *bōtō (“atonement, improvement”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰed- (“good”).

Noun

babhta m (genitive singular babhta, nominative plural babhtaí)

1. boot (something given to equalize an exchange)
2. thing exchanged
3. addition

Declension

Declension of babhta

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative babhta babhtaí Vocative a bhabhta a bhabhtaí Genitive babhta babhtaí Dative babhta babhtaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an babhta na babhtaí Genitive an bhabhta na mbabhtaí Dative leis an mbabhta don bhabhta leis na babhtaí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
babhta	bhabhta	mbabhta
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “babhta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN