beith

See also: Beith

Irish

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish beith, beithe, from Old Irish beithe, from Proto-Celtic *betwiyos, *betuyā (“birch”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷet-.

Noun

beith f (genitive singular beithe, nominative plural beitheanna)

1. birch (tree)
2. the letter B in the Ogham alphabet

Declension

Declension of beith (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative beith beitheanna vocative a bheith a bheitheanna genitive beithe beitheanna dative beith beitheanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an bheith na beitheanna genitive na beithe na mbeitheanna dative leis an mbeith don bheith leis na beitheanna

Derived terms

• beith gheal
• beith chlúmhach

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

beith

1. Obsolete form of beadh.

Mutation

Mutated forms of beith

radical	lenition	eclipsis
beith	bheith	mbeith

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

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʲeθʲ/

Verb

beith

1. third-person singular present subjunctive absolute of at·tá

Mutation

Mutation of beith

radical	lenition	nasalization
beith	beith pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/	mbeith

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish beith, beithe, from Old Irish beithe, from Proto-Celtic *betwiyos, *betuyā (“birch”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷet-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peh/

Noun

beith f (genitive singular beithe, plural beithean)

1. birch (tree)
2. (obsolete) the letter B in the Gaelic alphabet

Derived terms

• beith bheag
• beith bhog
• beith dhubhach
• beith luis nuin

Mutation

Mutation of beith

radical	lenition
beith	bheith

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