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Irish
Etymology 1
From Old Irish bethaigid (“quickens, animates; feeds, nourishes; supports; sustains, supports, confirms”). By surface analysis, beatha (“life”) + -igh.
Verb
beathaigh (present analytic beathaíonn, future analytic beathóidh, verbal noun beathú, past participle beathaithe)
- (transitive) feed, nourish
- (transitive) fatten
- Synonym: ramhraigh
- (transitive) rear
Conjugation
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singular
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plural
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relative
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autonomous
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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indicative
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present
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beathaím
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beathaíonn tú; beathaír†
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beathaíonn sé, sí
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beathaímid; beathaíonn muid
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beathaíonn sibh
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beathaíonn siad; beathaíd†
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a bheathaíonn; a bheathaíos / a mbeathaíonn*; a mbeathaíos*
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beathaítear
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past
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bheathaigh mé; bheathaíos
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bheathaigh tú; bheathaís
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bheathaigh sé, sí
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bheathaíomar; bheathaigh muid
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bheathaigh sibh; bheathaíobhair
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bheathaigh siad; bheathaíodar
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a bheathaigh / ar bheathaigh*
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beathaíodh
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past habitual
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bheathaínn / mbeathaínn‡‡
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bheathaíteá / mbeathaíteᇇ
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bheathaíodh sé, sí / mbeathaíodh sé, s퇇
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bheathaímis; bheathaíodh muid / mbeathaímis‡‡; mbeathaíodh muid‡‡
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bheathaíodh sibh / mbeathaíodh sibh‡‡
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bheathaídís; bheathaíodh siad / mbeathaídís‡‡; mbeathaíodh siad‡‡
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a bheathaíodh / a mbeathaíodh*
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bheathaítí / mbeathaít퇇
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future
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beathóidh mé; beathód; beathóchaidh mé†
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beathóidh tú; beathóir†; beathóchaidh tú†
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beathóidh sé, sí; beathóchaidh sé, sí†
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beathóimid; beathóidh muid; beathóchaimid†; beathóchaidh muid†
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beathóidh sibh; beathóchaidh sibh†
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beathóidh siad; beathóid†; beathóchaidh siad†
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a bheathóidh; a bheathós; a bheathóchaidh†; a bheathóchas† / a mbeathóidh*; a mbeathós*; a mbeathóchaidh*†; a mbeathóchas*†
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beathófar; beathóchar†
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conditional
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bheathóinn; bheathóchainn† / mbeathóinn‡‡; mbeathóchainn†‡‡
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bheathófá; bheathóchthᆠ/ mbeathófᇇ; mbeathóchthᆇ‡
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bheathódh sé, sí; bheathóchadh sé, sí† / mbeathódh sé, s퇇; mbeathóchadh sé, s톇‡
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bheathóimis; bheathódh muid; bheathóchaimis†; bheathóchadh muid† / mbeathóimis‡‡; mbeathódh muid‡‡; mbeathóchaimis†‡‡; mbeathóchadh muid†‡‡
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bheathódh sibh; bheathóchadh sibh† / mbeathódh sibh‡‡; mbeathóchadh sibh†‡‡
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bheathóidís; bheathódh siad; bheathóchadh siad† / mbeathóidís‡‡; mbeathódh siad‡‡; mbeathóchadh siad†‡‡
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a bheathódh; a bheathóchadh† / a mbeathódh*; a mbeathóchadh*†
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bheathófaí; bheathóchthaí† / mbeathófa퇇; mbeathóchtha톇‡
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subjunctive
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present
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go mbeathaí mé; go mbeathaíod†
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go mbeathaí tú; go mbeathaír†
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go mbeathaí sé, sí
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go mbeathaímid; go mbeathaí muid
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go mbeathaí sibh
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go mbeathaí siad; go mbeathaíd†
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go mbeathaítear
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past
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dá mbeathaínn
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dá mbeathaíteá
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dá mbeathaíodh sé, sí
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dá mbeathaímis; dá mbeathaíodh muid
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dá mbeathaíodh sibh
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dá mbeathaídís; dá mbeathaíodh siad
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—
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dá mbeathaítí
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imperative
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beathaím
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beathaigh
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beathaíodh sé, sí
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beathaímis
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beathaígí; beathaídh†
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beathaídís
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—
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beathaítear
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verbal noun
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beathú
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past participle
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beathaithe
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* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Derived terms
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “beathaigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bethaigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “beathaigh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “beathaigh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
Noun
beathaigh
- inflection of beathach:
- vocative/genitive singular
- nominative/dative plural
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
beathaigh
- inflection of beathach:
- masculine vocative/genitive singular
- (archaic, dialectal) feminine dative singular
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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beathaigh
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bheathaigh
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mbeathaigh
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References