báisteach
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish baistech, from the root baiste ('baptism').
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
báisteach f (genitive singular báistí)
- verbal noun of báistigh
- rain (condensed water from a cloud); rainfall
Declension edit
Declension of báisteach
Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Synonyms edit
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Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
báisteach | bháisteach | mbáisteach |
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) “báisteach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “baistech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 24