bìth
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish bí (“pitch”), from Proto-Celtic *bitu, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷétu (compare English cud).
Noun edit
bìth f (genitive singular bìthe, no plural)
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
- bìth-eòin f (“birdlime”)
References edit
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “bìth”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 bí”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language