bithiúnach
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish bithbinech (“habitually criminal, vicious; (habitual) criminal, thief, robber”), from bith (“lasting, permanent, perpetual”) (compare modern bith- (“ever-, constant”)) + binech (“criminal”).
Noun edit
bithiúnach m (genitive singular bithiúnaigh, nominative plural bithiúnaigh)
- cheat, crook, malefactor, rapscallion, rascal, rogue, rough, ruffian, scoundrel, thug, varlet, villain
Declension edit
Declension of bithiúnach
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 |
bithiúnach | bhithiúnach | mbithiúnach |
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) “bithiúnach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “bithbinech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language