beath-

Irish

Etymology

From beatha (“life”).

Prefix

beath-

1. vital

Derived terms

Irish terms prefixed with beath-

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
beath-	bheath-	mbeath-
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “beath-”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN