beithe
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Beithean.
Old Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Celtic *betuyā
Noun
beithe m (genitive beithi, nominative plural beithi)
- birch tree, birchwood
- 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:
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Descendants
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “beithe”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
beithe
Mutation
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| beithe | beithe pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/ |
mbeithe |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle Irish beith, from Old Irish beithe. Cognates include Irish beith and Manx beih.
Pronunciation
Noun
beithe f
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
| radical | lenition |
|---|---|
| beithe | bheithe |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- Colin Mark (2003) “beithe”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 71