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 singular plural nominative babhta babhtaí vocative a bhabhta a bhabhtaí genitive babhta babhtaí dative babhta babhtaí forms with the definite article 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 singular plural nominative babhta babhtaí vocative a bhabhta a bhabhtaí genitive babhta babhtaí dative babhta babhtaí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an babhta na babhtaí genitive an bhabhta na mbabhtaí dative leis an mbabhta don bhabhta leis na babhtaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of babhta

radical	lenition	eclipsis
babhta	bhabhta	mbabhta

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

Further reading

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