beath-

Irish

Etymology

From beatha (“life”).

Prefix

beath-

1. vital

Derived terms

Irish terms prefixed with beath-

Mutation

Mutated forms of beath-

radical	lenition	eclipsis
beath-	bheath-	mbeath-

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) “beath-”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN