bithiúnta

Irish

Alternative forms

• bitheamhanta (obsolete)

Etymology

From the root of Middle Irish bithbinech with the suffix -ta.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /bʲɪˈhuːn̪ˠt̪ˠə/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɪhuːn̪ˠt̪ˠə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɪhun̪ˠt̪ˠə/

Adjective

bithiúnta

1. rascally, roguish, scoundrelly, nefarious, villainous

Declension

Declension of bithiúnta

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	bithiúnta	bhithiúnta	bithiúnta; bhithiúnta²
Vocative	bhithiúnta		bithiúnta
Genitive		bithiúnta	bithiúnta	bithiúnta
Dative	bithiúnta; bhithiúnta¹	bhithiúnta	bithiúnta; bhithiúnta²
Comparative	níos bithiúnta
Superlative	is bithiúnta

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bithiúnta	bhithiúnta	mbithiúnta
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “biṫeaṁanta”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 69
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bithiúnta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN