baithis
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish baithis, baithes, bathais (“baptism, (by association) crown of the head”) (compare Scottish Gaelic bathais), from Latin baptisma, ultimately from Ancient Greek βάπτισμα (báptisma).
Pronunciation
edit- (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /ˈbaːʃ/[1]
Noun
editbaithis f (genitive singular baithise, nominative plural baithisí)
- (anatomy) top, crown (of head)
- (anatomy) forehead
- Synonyms: clár baithise, clár éadain, éadan
Declension
editDeclension of baithis
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
edit- buarach bhaithise (“strip of dead person's skin used in witchcraft”)
- clár baithise (“forehead”)
Related terms
edit- cró na baithise (“fontanelle”)
- logán na baithise (“fontanelle”)
- loigín na baithise (“fontanelle”)
- screaball baithise (“baptismal offering”)
- tobar na baithise (“fontanelle”)
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
baithis | bhaithis | mbaithis |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1953) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht (in Irish), 1st edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 520 (p. 276) and p. 304
Further reading
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “baithis, baithes, bathais”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “baiṫeas, -ṫis”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 50
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “baithis”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “baithis”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “baithis”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “baithis”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024