baoth

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish báeth, baíd, baíth, bóeth (foolish), perhaps ultimately related to bás (death).

Adjective

baoth (genitive singular masculine baoith, genitive singular feminine baoithe, plural baotha, comparative baoithe)

  1. foolish, giddy
Declension
Declension of baoth
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative baoth bhaoth baotha;
bhaotha2
vocative bhaoith baotha
genitive baoithe baotha baoth
dative baoth;
bhaoth1
bhaoth;
bhaoith (archaic)
baotha;
bhaotha2
Comparative níos baoithe
Superlative is baoithe

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Synonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Adjective

baoth (genitive singular masculine baoith, genitive singular feminine baoithe, plural baotha, comparative baoithe)

  1. alternative form of maoth (soft)
Declension
Declension of baoth
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative baoth bhaoth baotha;
bhaotha2
vocative bhaoith baotha
genitive baoithe baotha baoth
dative baoth;
bhaoth1
bhaoth;
bhaoith (archaic)
baotha;
bhaotha2
Comparative níos baoithe
Superlative is baoithe

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of baoth
radical lenition eclipsis
baoth bhaoth mbaoth

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 15, page 10
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 182, page 70

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “baoth”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “bàth”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish báeth, baíd, baíth, bóeth (foolish, stupid, silly, thoughtless, reckless), perhaps ultimately related to bàs (death, demise). However, compare Latin fatuus (foolish, stupid).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɯː/

Adjective

baoth

  1. foolish, silly, simple, stupid, fatuous, inept

Synonyms