baithes

Old Irish

Alternative forms

bathas

Etymology

From Latin baptisma, from Ancient Greek βάπτισμα (báptisma).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈbaθʲes]

Noun

baithes f (genitive baitse) or
baithes m (genitive baithis)

(Christianity) baptism
crown (of head)

Declension

Declension as feminine ā-stem

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	baithes^L	—	—
vocative	baithes^L	—	—
accusative	baithis^N	—	—
genitive	baitse^H	—	—
dative	baithis^L	—	—

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

^H = triggers aspiration
^L = triggers lenition
^N = triggers nasalization

Declension as masculine o-stem

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	baithes	—	—
vocative	baithis	—	—
accusative	baithes^N	—	—
genitive	baithis^L	—	—
dative	baithes^L, baithius	—	—

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

^H = triggers aspiration
^L = triggers lenition
^N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

baithsid (“to baptize”)

Descendants

Middle Irish: baithis, bathais
- Irish: baithis
- Manx: baaish
- Scottish Gaelic: bathais

Mutation

Mutation of *baithes*
radical	lenition	nasalization
baithes	baithes pronounced with /β-/	mbaithes

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

Further reading

Pedersen, Holger (1909) Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen [Comparative Grammar of the Celtic Languages] (in German), volume I, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, § 136.3, page 220
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “baithis, baithes, bathais”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language