Manx edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Irish bás, from Old Irish bás, from Proto-Celtic *bāstom, bāssom, from either Proto-Indo-European *gʷeh₂- (to go) or *(s)gʷes- (to extinguish).

Noun edit

baase m (genitive singular baaish, plural baaseyn)

  1. death
    Nagh dooar eh baase?
    Didn't he die? (literally, Didn't he get death?)
  2. bereavement
  3. extinction
  4. capital punishment

Mutation edit

Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
baase vaase maase
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.