See also: bìth, bíth, bið, biþ, and bith-

Dinka

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Noun

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bith (plural biith)

  1. fishing spear

References

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  • Dinka-English Dictionary[1], 2005

Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish bith, from Proto-Celtic *bitus (compare Welsh byd).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bith m (genitive singular beatha)

  1. (literary) world

Declension

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Declension of bith (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative bith
vocative a bhith
genitive beatha
dative bith
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an bith
genitive an bheatha
dative leis an mbith
don bhith

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of bith
radical lenition eclipsis
bith bhith mbith

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old English biþ, third-person present singular of bēon (to be), from Proto-Germanic *biuþi, third-person present singular of *beuną (to be, become).

Verb

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bith

  1. third-person singular present indicative of been

Usage notes

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This form is less common than is except in southern dialects.

Descendants

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  • English: bes, beeth (now obsolete or dialectal)
  • Fingallian: bes
  • Yola: beeth

Old Irish

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Celtic *bitus (compare Welsh byd).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bith m (genitive betho or betha, nominative plural betha)

  1. world
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 68b9
      cia beith ar n‑acathar nech inna rétu inducbaidi in betha so, arnach·corathar i mmoth ⁊ machthad dia seirc ⁊ dia n‑accubur
      though it be that someone sees the glorious things of this world, that he may not be put in stupor and admiration by love for them and by desire for them
Declension
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Masculine u-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative bith bithL bethaH
Vocative bith bithL bethu
Accusative bithN bithL bethu
Genitive bethoH, bethaH bethoL, bethaL bethaeN
Dative biuthL bethaib bethaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
Descendants
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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bith

  1. inflection of is:
    1. third-person singular past subjunctive
    2. third-person singular future

Etymology 3

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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bith

  1. Alternative spelling of bíth

Mutation

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Mutation of bith
radical lenition nasalization
bith bith
pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/
mbith

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.