báigh
See also: bàigh
Irish
Alternative forms
- bádh (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old Irish báidid, from Proto-Celtic *bādīti.
Pronunciation
Verb
báigh (present analytic bánn, future analytic báfaidh, verbal noun bá, past participle báite)
- (transitive) drown
- 1894 March, Peadar Mac Fionnlaoigh, “An rí nach robh le fagháil bháis”, in Irisleabhar na Gaedhilge, volume 1:5, Dublin: Gaelic Union, pages 185–88:
- Nuair do chuir an bhuachaill a chos ar an phlainc, le dul tar an pholl, lúb sí síos san uisge, ar mhodh go robh an t‑ógánach ar tí bheith báithte, gur rinne sé é féin do choisreagadh, ⁊ ar an móimid d’éirigh an phlainc cómh daingean le Gaigeán, ⁊ léim an mada dubh síos ’san pholl as a bhealach.
- When the boy put his foot on the plank to cross the pool, it bent down into the water, so that the youth was on the point of being drowned, till he crossed himself; and in a moment the plank became as firm as Gaigean, and the black dog jumped down into the pool out of his way.
- (transitive) sink, submerge
- (transitive) immerse
- (transitive) inundate, drench
- (transitive) water, dilute
- (transitive) quench
- (transitive) face (cards)
- (transitive, linguistics) elide
Conjugation
conjugation of báigh (first conjugation – C)
singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
indicative | present | báim | bánn tú; báir† |
bánn sé, sí | báimid | bánn sibh | bánn siad; báid† |
a bhánn; a bhás / a mbánn*; a mbás* |
báitear |
past | bháigh mé; bhás | bháigh tú; bháis |
bháigh sé, sí | bhámar; bháigh muid | bháigh sibh; bhábhair | bháigh siad; bhádar | a bháigh / ar bháigh* |
bádh | |
past habitual | bháinn / mbáinn‡‡ | bháiteá / mbáiteᇇ | bhádh sé, sí / mbádh sé, s퇇 | bháimis; bhádh muid / mbáimis‡‡; mbádh muid‡‡ | bhádh sibh / mbádh sibh‡‡ | bháidís; bhádh siad / mbáidís‡‡; mbádh siad‡‡ | a bhádh / a mbádh* |
bháití / mbáit퇇 | |
future | báfaidh mé; báfad |
báfaidh tú; báfair† |
báfaidh sé, sí | báfaimid; báfaidh muid |
báfaidh sibh | báfaidh siad; báfaid† |
a bháfaidh; a bháfas / a mbáfaidh*; a mbáfas* |
báfar | |
conditional | bháfainn / mbáfainn‡‡ | bháfá / mbáfᇇ | bháfadh sé, sí / mbáfadh sé, s퇇 | bháfaimis; bháfadh muid / mbáfaimis‡‡; mbáfadh muid‡‡ | bháfadh sibh / mbáfadh sibh‡‡ | bháfaidís; bháfadh siad / mbáfaidís‡‡; mbáfadh siad‡‡ | a bháfadh / a mbáfadh* |
bháfaí / mbáfa퇇 | |
subjunctive | present | go mbá mé; go mbád† |
go mbá tú; go mbáir† |
go mbá sé, sí | go mbáimid; go mbá muid |
go mbá sibh | go mbá siad; go mbáid† |
— | go mbáitear |
past | dá mbáinn | dá mbáiteá | dá mbádh sé, sí | dá mbáimis; dá mbádh muid |
dá mbádh sibh | dá mbáidís; dá mbádh siad |
— | dá mbáití | |
imperative | báim | báigh | bádh sé, sí | báimis | báigí; báidh† |
báidís | — | báitear | |
verbal noun | bá | ||||||||
past participle | báite |
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
báigh | bháigh | mbáigh |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “báigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “drench”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- “drown”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- “elide”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- “immerse”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- “inundate”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- “quench”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- “sink”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- “submerge”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
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