beathach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish bethach, a variant of bethadach (“animal; creature”), from bethu, Middle Irish betha (“life”) + -ach.

Noun

beathach m (genitive singular beathaich, plural beathaichean)

  1. beast, brute, animal
    Synonym: ainmhidh

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalLenition
beathachbheathach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • “2 bethach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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