bàta

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bata"

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish bát (compare Irish bád, Manx baatey), borrowed from Old English bāt.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpaːʰt̪ə/

Noun

bàta m (genitive singular bàta, plural bàtaichean or bàtan)

  1. boat
  2. pinnace
  3. barge

Usage notes

  • Although the noun is masculine, the feminine pronoun i is used.

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of bàta
radical lenition
bàta bhàta

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

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “bàta”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bát”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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