Beathag

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

beatha (“life”) +‎ -ag

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈb̥ɛhak/[1]

Proper noun

Beathag f (genitive Beathaig, vocative a Bheathag)

  1. a female given name, often anglicized as Beth, Betty, Bethany, Rebecca or Sophie, though these are etymologically unrelated

Mutation

Mutation of Beathag
radical lenition
Beathag Bheathag

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

References

  1. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
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