beithíoch
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- beathach (Ulster)
- beathadhach, beathaidheach, beithidheach (superseded)
- beáthach, beathuidheach, beidhtheach, beidhthidheach, beitheach, béitheach, beitheadhach, beithidheach, beithídheach, beithidhtheach, beithigheach, beithígheach (obsolete)
Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish bethadach (“animal”). Compare Scottish Gaelic beathach (“animal”), beithir (“beast, monster, bear”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Munster) IPA(key): /bʲɛˈhiəx/
- (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈbʲaiəx/[1]
- (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /ˈbʲɛix/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈbʲɛhiəx/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbʲaːx/[2] (corresponding to the form beathach)
Noun
[edit]beithíoch m (genitive singular beithígh, nominative plural beithígh)
- beast
- (large) animal
- brute; (large) specimen of creature
- bovine animal; heifer, cow
- (in the plural) cattle
- horse
Declension
[edit]Declension of beithíoch
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| beithíoch | bheithíoch | mbeithíoch |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
[edit]- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 44
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 10
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “beithíoch”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “beithíoch”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “beaṫaiḋeaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 63
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “beiṫiḋeaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 64