bith-

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See also: bith, bìth, bíth, bið, and biþ

Irish

Alternative forms

bi- (before a slender T)
bio- (before a broad T)
bioth- (before a broad vowel or consonant other than T)

Etymology 1

From Old Irish bith-, from bith (“world, existence”).

Prefix

bith-

ever-, constant

Derived terms

Irish terms prefixed with bith- (ever)

Etymology 2

Prefix

bith-

(biology) Combining form of beatha (“life”): bio-

Derived terms

Irish terms prefixed with bith- (bio-)

bithcheimiceach

bithcheimiceán

bithchlíomeolaíocht

bith-dhíghrádaigh

bithéagsúlacht

bithfhaisnéisíocht

bithfhótónaic

bithgheografach

bithgheografaíocht

bithgheoiceimic

bith-imoibreoir

bith-infhaighteacht

bithmhéadracht

bithmheasúnacht

bithphlaisteach

bithshábháilteacht

bithshíceasóisialta

bithshirtheoireacht

bithshlándáil

bithstratagrafaíocht

biteicneolaíocht

bitíreolaíocht

Mutation

Mutated forms of *bith-*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
bith-	bhith-	mbith-

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bith-”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Old Irish

Alternative forms

bid- (especially in the Würzburg glosses)

Etymology

From bith (“world, existence”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):

Prefix

bith-

ever-, constant
- c. 850, Carlsruhe Glosses on St Augustine’s Soliloquia, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. 2, pp. 1–9, Acr. 1^a3
  fírinne apostolorum et omnium iustorum bith-ingabál mundo
  the righteousness of the apostles and all just people is a perpetual reproach to the world

Derived terms

Category Old Irish terms prefixed with bith- not found

Mutation

Mutation of *bith-*
radical	lenition	nasalization
bith-	bith- pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/	mbith-

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 bith”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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