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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish baithis, baithes, bathais (“baptism; the order of baptism, the baptismal rite; (by association) crown of the head”) (compare Irish baithis), from Latin baptisma, ultimately from Ancient Greek βάπτισμα (báptisma).
Noun
bathais f (genitive singular bathaise, plural bathaisean)
- (anatomy) brow, forehead
- cheek (impudence)
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “bathais”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “baithis, baithes, bathais”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language