biotáille

Irish

Alternative forms

• biotáile, biotaille, bíotáille, biotáilte

Etymology

From Middle English vitaile (“food”), from Old French vitaile (“provisions, food”).

Pronunciation

• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɪt̪ˠɑːl̠ʲtʲə/ (corresponding to the form biotáilte)

Noun

biotáille f (genitive singular biotáille, nominative plural biotáillí)

1. spirits, strong drink
2. (specifically) whiskey

   Synonyms: uisce beatha, fuisce

Declension

Declension of biotáille (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative biotáille biotáillí vocative a bhiotáille a bhiotáillí genitive biotáille biotáillí dative biotáille biotáillí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an bhiotáille na biotáillí genitive na biotáille na mbiotáillí dative leis an mbiotáille don bhiotáille leis na biotáillí

Mutation

Mutated forms of biotáille

radical	lenition	eclipsis
biotáille	bhiotáille	mbiotáille

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

Further reading

• “biotáille”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bitáille”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “biotáille”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 68
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “biotáille”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN