beithe

Old Irish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *betuyā

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbʲeθʲe]

Noun

beithe m (genitive beithi, nominative plural beithi)

1. birch tree, birchwood
2. the letter B of the Ogham alphabet

Inflection

Masculine io-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	beithe	beitheL	beithiL
Vocative	beithi	beitheL	beithiu
Accusative	beitheN	beitheL	beithiuH
Genitive	beithiL	beitheL	beitheN
Dative	beithiuL	beithib	beithib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Middle Irish: beith f
  • Irish: beith
  • Manx: beih
  • Scottish Gaelic: beith

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “beithe”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbʲeθʲe]

Verb

beithe

1. second-person plural present subjunctive absolute of at·tá

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
beithe	beithe pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/	mbeithe
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

beithe

1. genitive singular of beith