bathais
Irish
Noun
bathais f (genitive singular bathaise, nominative plural bathaisí)
- alternative form of baithis (“top, crown (of head)”)
Declension
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Mutation
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| bathais | bhathais | mbathais |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish baithes (“baptism; crown of the head”) (compare Irish baithis), from Latin baptisma, from Ancient Greek βάπτισμα (báptisma).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpahɪʃ/
Noun
bathais f (genitive singular bathaise, plural bathaisean)
Mutation
| radical | lenition |
|---|---|
| bathais | bhathais |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “bathais”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- 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