bíad

See also: biad

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bʲiːa̯ð]

Etymology 1

From earlier dissyllabic bïad, from Proto-Celtic *biyatom. Cognate with Welsh bwyd.

Noun

bíad n (genitive biid or biith, nominative plural bíada)

  1. food
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 6c7
      Léic úait inna bíada milsi et tomil innahí-siu do·mmeil do chenél arnáp hésom con·éit détso.
      Put away from you sg the sweet foods, and consume those that your race consumes, so that it may not be he who is indulgent to you.
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 18a10
      Ní tormult far mbíad ꝉ for n-étach.
      I have not used up your pl food or your clothing.
Inflection
Neuter o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative bíadN bíadN bíadL, bíada
vocative bíadN bíadN bíadL, bíada
accusative bíadN bíadN bíadL, bíada
genitive bïidL, bïithL bíad bíadN
dative bïudL bíadaib bíadaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Irish: bia
  • Manx: bee
  • Scottish Gaelic: biadh

Etymology 2

Verb

·bíad

  1. alternative form of ·bïad

Mutation

Mutation of bíad
radical lenition nasalization
bíad bíad
pronounced with /βʲ-/
mbíad

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