beith

See also: Beith

Irish

Etymology 1

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
Derived terms

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

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bʲeθʲ/

Verb

beith

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

Mutation

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

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