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 Case Singular Plural Nominative beith beitheanna Vocative a bheith a bheitheanna Genitive beithe beitheanna Dative beith beitheanna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an bheith na beitheanna Genitive na beithe na mbeitheanna Dative leis an mbeith don bheith leis na beitheanna

Derived terms

• beith gheal
• beith chlúmhach

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

beith

1. Obsolete form of beadh.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
beith	bheith	mbeith
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “beith”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʲeθʲ/

Verb

beith

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

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
beith	beith pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/	mbeith
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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

• beith bheag
• beith bhog
• beith dhubhach
• beith luis nuin

 

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
beith	bheith
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.