báisteach

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish báitsech, perhaps from the root of baithis (“top, crown”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

báisteach f (genitive singular báistí)

  1. rain (condensed water from a cloud); rainfall

Declension

Declension of báisteach (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative báisteach
vocative a bháisteach
genitive báistí
dative báisteach
báistigh (archaic, dialectal)
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an bháisteach
genitive na báistí
dative leis an mbáisteach
leis an mbáistigh (archaic, dialectal)
don bháisteach
don bháistigh (archaic, dialectal)

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of báisteach
radical lenition eclipsis
báisteach bháisteach mbáisteach

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “báitsech, báistech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 45, page 24

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “báisteaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 74; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “báisteach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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