beith

See also: Beith

Irish

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish beith, beithe, from Old Irish beithe, from Proto-Celtic *betwiyos, *betuyā (“birch”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷet-.

Noun

beith f (genitive singular beithe, nominative plural beitheanna)

  1. birch (tree)
  2. the letter B in the Ogham alphabet
Declension
Declension of beith (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative beith beitheanna
vocative a bheith a bheitheanna
genitive beithe beitheanna
dative beith beitheanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an bheith na beitheanna
genitive na beithe na mbeitheanna
dative leis an mbeith
don bheith 		leis na beitheanna
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

beith

  1. obsolete form of beadh

Mutation

Mutated forms of beith
radical lenition eclipsis
beith bheith mbeith

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

Further reading

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bʲeθʲ/

Verb

beith

  1. third-person singular present subjunctive absolute of at·tá

Mutation

Mutation of beith
radical lenition nasalization
beith beith
pronounced with /βʲ-/		 mbeith

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish beith, beithe, from Old Irish beithe, from Proto-Celtic *betwiyos, *betuyā (“birch”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷet-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /peh/

Noun

beith f (genitive singular beithe, plural beithean)

  1. birch (tree)
  2. (obsolete) the letter B in the Gaelic alphabet

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of beith
radical lenition
beith bheith

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

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