bíad

See also: biad

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bʲiːa̯ð]

Etymology 1

From earlier dissyllabic bïad, from Proto-Celtic *biyatom. Cognate with Welsh bwyd.

Noun

bíad n (genitive biid or biith, nominative plural bíada)

1. food
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 6^c7

     Léic úait inna bíada milsi et tomil innahí-siu do·mmeil do chenél arnáp hésom con·éit détso.

     Put away from you sg the sweet foods, and consume those that your race consumes, so that it may not be he who is indulgent to you.

   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 18^a10

     Ní tormult far mbíad ꝉ for n-étach.

     I have not used up your pl food or your clothing.

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	bíadN	bíadN	bíadL, bíada
Vocative	bíadN	bíadN	bíadL, bíada
Accusative	bíadN	bíadN	bíadL, bíada
Genitive	bïidL, bïithL	bíad	bíadN
Dative	bïudL	bíadaib	bíadaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• bánbiad

Descendants

• Irish: bia
• Manx: bee
• Scottish Gaelic: biadh

Etymology 2

Verb

·bíad

1. Alternative form of ·bïad

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
bíad	bíad pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/	mbíad
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.