fo bíth

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• fu bíth
• fo bíthin, fu bíthin

Etymology

From fo (“under”) +‎ bíth (obsolete verbal noun of benaid (“to strike”)), literally “under the stroke of”.

Preposition

fo bíth (takes the genitive)

1. because of, due to

Conjunction

fo bíth (followed by an independent relative verb)

1. because, since
   • c. 850 Glosses on the Carlsruhe Beda, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 10–30, Bcr. 18^d2

     Absidias .i. circulos .i. fu bíth do·ṅgníat cercol ocond ocbáil⁠.

     Name for the depths [?] wherein is the rising up to the constellation. Absidias, i.e. circulos, because they make a circle in the rising.⁠

Synonyms

For synonyms, see Thesaurus:sga:ar.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fo bíth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language