Irish edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Irish bethaigid (quickens, animates; feeds, nourishes; supports; sustains, supports, confirms). By surface analysis, beatha (life) +‎ -igh.

Verb edit

beathaigh (present analytic beathaíonn, future analytic beathóidh, verbal noun beathú, past participle beathaithe)

  1. (transitive) feed, nourish
  2. (transitive) fatten
    Synonym: ramhraigh
  3. (transitive) rear
Conjugation edit
Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

beathaigh

  1. inflection of beathach:
    1. vocative/genitive singular
    2. nominative/dative plural

Etymology 3 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective edit

beathaigh

  1. inflection of beathach:
    1. masculine vocative/genitive singular
    2. (archaic, dialectal) feminine dative singular

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
beathaigh bheathaigh mbeathaigh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 70