báigh
See also: bàigh
Irish
editAlternative forms
edit- bádh (obsolete)
Etymology
editFrom Old Irish báidid, from Proto-Celtic *bādīti.
Pronunciation
edit- (Munster) IPA(key): /bˠɑːɟ/
- (Galway) IPA(key): /bˠɑː/
- (Mayo) IPA(key): /bˠɑːj/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /bˠaːj/
Verb
editbáigh (present analytic bánn, future analytic báfaidh, verbal noun bá, past participle báite)
- (transitive) drown
- 1894 March, Peadar Mac Fionnlaoigh, “An rí nach robh le fagháil bháis”, in Irisleabhar na Gaedhilge, volume 1:5, Dublin: Gaelic Union, pages 185–88:
- Nuair do chuir an bhuachaill a chos ar an phlainc, le dul tar an pholl, lúb sí síos san uisge, ar mhodh go robh an t‑ógánach ar tí bheith báithte, gur rinne sé é féin do choisreagadh, ⁊ ar an móimid d’éirigh an phlainc cómh daingean le Gaigeán, ⁊ léim an mada dubh síos ’san pholl as a bhealach.
- When the boy put his foot on the plank to cross the pool, it bent down into the water, so that the youth was on the point of being drowned, till he crossed himself; and in a moment the plank became as firm as Gaigean, and the black dog jumped down into the pool out of his way.
- (transitive) sink, submerge
- (transitive) immerse
- (transitive) inundate, drench
- (transitive) water, dilute
- (transitive) quench
- (transitive) face (cards)
- (transitive, linguistics) elide
Conjugation
editconjugation of báigh (first conjugation – C)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
báigh | bháigh | mbáigh |
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) “báigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “drench”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- “drown”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- “elide”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- “immerse”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- “inundate”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- “quench”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- “sink”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- “submerge”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
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