bàidh

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• bàigh

Etymology

From Middle Irish báid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paːj/

Noun

bàidh f (genitive singular bàidhe)

1. mercy, clemency, commiseration, partiality, benignity, humanity
2. hospitality
3. affection, love, attachment, fondness

Mutation

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

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “bàidh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “báid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language