beithe

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Old Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *betuyā

Noun

beithe m (genitive beithi, nominative plural beithi)

  1. birch tree, birchwood
  2. the letter B of the Ogham alphabet
Inflection
Masculine io-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative beithe beitheL beithiL
Vocative beithi beitheL beithiu
Accusative beitheN beitheL beithiuH
Genitive beithiL beitheL beitheN
Dative beithiuL beithib beithib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
Descendants
  • Middle Irish: beith f

Further reading

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

beithe

  1. second-person plural present subjunctive absolute of at·tá

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
beithe beithe
pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/ 		mbeithe
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Beithean.

Etymology

From Middle Irish beith, from Old Irish beithe. Cognates include Irish beith and Manx beih.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpehə/
  • Hyphenation: bei‧the

Noun

beithe f

  1. birch

Declension

Declension of beithe (class IId feminine noun)
Indefinite
Singular Plural
Nominative beithe beithean
Genitive beithe bheithean
Dative beithe beithean; beithibh✝
Definite
Singular Plural
Nominative (a') bheithe (na) beithean
Genitive (na) beithe (nam) beithean
Dative (a') bheithe (na) beithean; beithibh✝
Vocative bheithe bheithean

✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
beithe bheithe
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • Colin Mark (2003) “beithe”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 71
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