babhta
Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From English bout, from Middle English bught, probably from an unrecorded variant of Old English byht (“a bend”), from Proto-Germanic *buhtiz (“a bend”).
Noun edit
babhta m (genitive singular babhta, nominative plural babhtaí)
Derived terms edit
- babhta oibre (“spell of work”)
- babhta óil (“binge”)
- babhta tinnis (“bout of illness”)
- babhtaí (“sometimes”)
Etymology 2 edit
From English boot, from Middle English boote, bote, bot, from Old English bōt (“advantage”), from Proto-Germanic *bōtō (“atonement, improvement”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰed- (“good”).
Noun edit
babhta m (genitive singular babhta, nominative plural babhtaí)
Declension edit
Declension of babhta
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
babhta | bhabhta | mbabhta |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “babhta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 14