bìth

See also: bith, bið, biþ, and bith-

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish bí (“pitch”), from Proto-Celtic *bitu, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷétu (compare English cud).

Noun

bìth f (genitive singular bìthe, no plural)

  1. glue, gum
  2. birdlime
  3. resin
  4. tar, bitumen
  5. pith
  6. caulking

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References

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “1 bí” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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