bàs
See also: Appendix:Variations of "bas"
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Irish bás, from Old Irish bás, from Proto-Celtic *bāstom, from either Proto-Indo-European *gʷeh₂- (“to go”) or *(s)gʷes- (“to extinguish”); compare the verb baid (“to die”). Cognates include Irish bás and Manx baase.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bàs m (genitive singular bàis, plural bàsan)
Usage notes edit
- Many speakers would only use this term to refer to animal death, with caochladh or siubhal preferred for people.
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Mutation edit
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
bàs | bhàs |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “bàs”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Colin Mark (2003) “bàs”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 63
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 bás”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language