báigh

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish báidid, from Proto-Celtic *bādīti.

Pronunciation

Verb

báigh (present analytic bánn, future analytic báfaidh, verbal noun bá, past participle báite) (transitive)

  1. drown
    • 1894 March, Peadar Mac Fionnlaoigh, “An rí nach robh le fagháil bháis”, in Irisleabhar na Gaedhilge, volume 1:5, Dublin: Gaelic Union, pages 185–88:
      Nuair do chuir an bhuachaill a chos ar an phlainc, le dul tar an pholl, lúb sí síos san uisge, ar mhodh go robh an t‑ógánach ar tí bheith báithte, gur rinne sé é féin do choisreagadh, ⁊ ar an móimid d’éirigh an phlainc cómh daingean le Gaigeán, ⁊ léim an mada dubh síos ’san pholl as a bhealach.
      When the boy put his foot on the plank to cross the pool, it bent down into the water, so that the youth was on the point of being drowned, till he crossed himself; and in a moment the plank became as firm as Gaigean, and the black dog jumped down into the pool out of his way.
  2. sink, submerge
  3. immerse
  4. inundate, drench
  5. quench
  6. (linguistics) elide

Conjugation

conjugation of báigh (first conjugation – C)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present báim bánn tú;
báir† 		bánn sé, sí báimid bánn sibh bánn siad;
báid† 		a bhánn; a bhás /
a mbánn*; a mbás* 		báitear
past bháigh mé; bhás bháigh tú;
bháis 		bháigh sé, sí bhámar; bháigh muid bháigh sibh; bhábhair bháigh siad; bhádar a bháigh /
ar bháigh* 		bádh
past habitual bháinn / mbáinn‡‡ bháiteá / mbáiteᇇ bhádh sé, sí / mbádh sé, s퇇 bháimis; bhádh muid / mbáimis‡‡; mbádh muid‡‡ bhádh sibh / mbádh sibh‡‡ bháidís; bhádh siad / mbáidís‡‡; mbádh siad‡‡ a bhádh /
a mbádh* 		bháití / mbáit퇇
future báfaidh mé;
báfad 		báfaidh tú;
báfair† 		báfaidh sé, sí báfaimid;
báfaidh muid 		báfaidh sibh báfaidh siad;
báfaid† 		a bháfaidh; a bháfas /
a mbáfaidh*; a mbáfas* 		báfar
conditional bháfainn / mbáfainn‡‡ bháfá / mbáfᇇ bháfadh sé, sí / mbáfadh sé, s퇇 bháfaimis; bháfadh muid / mbáfaimis‡‡; mbáfadh muid‡‡ bháfadh sibh / mbáfadh sibh‡‡ bháfaidís; bháfadh siad / mbáfaidís‡‡; mbáfadh siad‡‡ a bháfadh /
a mbáfadh* 		bháfaí / mbáfa퇇
subjunctive present go mbá mé;
go mbád† 		go mbá tú;
go mbáir† 		go mbá sé, sí go mbáimid;
go mbá muid 		go mbá sibh go mbá siad;
go mbáid† 		— go mbáitear
past dá mbáinn dá mbáiteá dá mbádh sé, sí dá mbáimis;
dá mbádh muid 		dá mbádh sibh dá mbáidís;
dá mbádh siad 		— dá mbáití
imperative báim báigh bádh sé, sí báimis báigí;
báidh† 		báidís — báitear
verbal noun bá
past participle báite

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
báigh bháigh mbáigh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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