bàs
See also: Appendix:Variations of "bas"
Scottish Gaelic
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editNoun
editbàs 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
editDerived terms
editSee also
editMutation
editScottish 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
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 bás”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Categories:
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʷeh₂-
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)gʷes-
- Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Middle Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Middle Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Scottish Gaelic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Scottish Gaelic lemmas
- Scottish Gaelic nouns
- Scottish Gaelic masculine nouns
- gd:Death