bathais
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish baithis, baithes, bathais (“baptism; the order of baptism, the baptismal rite; (by association) crown of the head”) (compare Irish baithis), from Latin baptisma, ultimately from Ancient Greek βάπτισμα (báptisma).
Noun edit
bathais f (genitive singular bathaise, plural bathaisean)
References edit
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “bathais”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “baithis, baithes, bathais”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language