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Irish
Pronunciation
Noun
bheith
- verbal noun of bí
Verb
bheith
- Lenited form of beith.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bheith”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “bheith”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 40
- “bheith”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 72
Scottish Gaelic
Noun
bheith
- Lenited form of beith.
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.