bíth

From Proto-Celtic *bītū, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂- (“to strike”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈbʲiːθ]

bíth (gender unknown)

1. (archaic) verbal noun of benaid (“to strike”)

   Synonym: (usual form) béim

Found almost only in the complex prepositions fo bíth and fo bíthin; in Middle and Modern Irish complex prepositions using ar, do, and tre have come into existence.

• Short dative singular: bíth
• Long dative singular: bíthin

• fo bíth(in)

• Middle Irish: bíthin
  • ⇒ Middle Irish: ar bíthin
  • ⇒ Middle Irish: do bíthin
  • ⇒ Middle Irish: tre bíthin
  • Irish: bíthin
    • ⇒ Irish: ar bhíthin
    • ⇒ Irish: do bhíthin
    • ⇒ Irish: trí bhíthin

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bíth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Habitual present form:

• IPA^(key): [ˈbʲiːθʲ]

Imperative forms:

• IPA^(key): [ˈbʲiːθ]

bíth

1. inflection of at·tá:
   1. third-person singular habitual present
   2. third-person singular/second-person plural imperative