beathaigh

Irish

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish bethaigid (to quicken, animate).[1] By surface analysis, beatha (life) +‎ -igh.

Verb

beathaigh (present analytic beathaíonn, future analytic beathóidh, verbal noun beathú, past participle beathaithe)

  1. (transitive) to feed, nourish
  2. (transitive) to fatten
    Synonym: ramhraigh
  3. (transitive) to rear
Conjugation
Derived terms

Further reading

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbʲahi/ ~ /ˈbʲɛhi/[2]

Noun

beathaigh

  1. inflection of beathach:
    1. vocative/genitive singular
    2. nominative/dative plural

Adjective

beathaigh

  1. inflection of beathach:
    1. masculine vocative/genitive singular
    2. (archaic, dialectal) feminine dative singular

Mutation

Mutated forms of beathaigh
radical lenition eclipsis
beathaigh bheathaigh mbeathaigh

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bethaigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 183, page 70