beathaigh
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Irish
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Irish bethaigid (“quickens, animates; feeds, nourishes; supports; sustains, supports, confirms”). By surface analysis, beatha (“life”) + -igh.
Verb
[edit]beathaigh (present analytic beathaíonn, future analytic beathóidh, verbal noun beathú, past participle beathaithe)
- (transitive) feed, nourish
- (transitive) fatten
- Synonym: ramhraigh
- (transitive) rear
Conjugation
[edit]conjugation of beathaigh (second conjugation)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “beathaigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bethaigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “beathaigh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “beathaigh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]beathaigh
Etymology 3
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
[edit]beathaigh
- inflection of beathach:
Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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beathaigh | bheathaigh | mbeathaigh |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 70
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- Irish terms inherited from Old Irish
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- Irish terms suffixed with -igh
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- Irish second-conjugation verbs
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