baoth

Irish

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /bˠeːh/, [bˠëːh][1]
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /bˠiː/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /bˠiː/, (older) /bˠɯː/
  • Homophone: buí (Connacht)

Etymology 1

From Old Irish báeth, baíd, baíth, bóeth (“foolish, stupid, silly, thoughtless, reckless”), perhaps ultimately related to bàs (“death, demise”). However, compare Latin fatuus (“foolish, stupid”).

Adjective

baoth (genitive singular masculine baoith, genitive singular feminine baoithe, plural baotha, comparative baoithe)

  1. foolish; fatuous
  2. vain, giddy
  3. (nautical, of boat) unsteady
  4. inclined to run (of colour)
  5. dull pale brown
Declension
Declension of baoth
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative baoth bhaoth baotha;
bhaotha²
Vocative bhbaoith baotha
Genitive bbaoithe baotha baoth
Dative baoth;
bhaoth¹		 bhaoth;
bhbaoith (archaic)		 baotha;
bhaotha²
Comparative níos bbaoithe
Superlative is bbaoithe

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Synonyms
Derived terms

Adjective

baoth (genitive singular masculine baoith, genitive singular feminine baoithe, plural baotha, comparative baoithe)

  1. Alternative form of maoth (“soft, tender; weak, enervate; moist; soppy, sentimental”)
Declension
Declension of baoth
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative baoth bhaoth baotha;
bhaotha²
Vocative bhbaoith baotha
Genitive bbaoithe baotha baoth
Dative baoth;
bhaoth¹		 bhaoth;
bhbaoith (archaic)		 baotha;
bhaotha²
Comparative níos bbaoithe
Superlative is bbaoithe

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
baoth bhaoth mbaoth
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 28

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish báeth, baíd, baíth, bóeth (“foolish, stupid, silly, thoughtless, reckless”), perhaps ultimately related to bàs (“death, demise”). However, compare Latin fatuus (“foolish, stupid”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpɯː/

Adjective

baoth

  1. foolish, silly, simple, stupid, fatuous, inept

Synonyms
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