bíth

See also: bith, bìth, bið, biþ, and bith-

Old Irish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *bītū, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂- (“to strike”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbʲiːθ]

Noun

bíth (gender unknown)

1. (archaic) verbal noun of benaid (“to strike”)

   Synonym: (usual form) béim

Usage notes

Found almost only in the complex prepositions fo bíth and fo bíthin; in Middle and Modern Irish complex prepositions using ar, do, and tre have come into existence.

Declension

• Short dative singular: bíth
• Long dative singular: bíthin

Derived terms

• fo bíth(in)

Descendants

• Middle Irish: bíthin
  • ⇒ Middle Irish: ar bíthin
  • ⇒ Middle Irish: do bíthin
  • ⇒ Middle Irish: tre bíthin
  • Irish: bíthin
    • ⇒ Irish: ar bhíthin
    • ⇒ Irish: do bhíthin
    • ⇒ Irish: trí bhíthin

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bíth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Habitual present form:

• IPA^(key): [ˈbʲiːθʲ]

Imperative forms:

• IPA^(key): [ˈbʲiːθ]

Verb

bíth

1. inflection of at·tá:
   1. third-person singular habitual present
   2. third-person singular/second-person plural imperative

Mutation

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