bith

See also: bìth, bið, biþ, and bith-

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bʲɪh/, /bʲɪ/

Noun

bith m (genitive singular beatha)

  1. (literary) world

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bith bhith mbith
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Irish

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bʲiθ/

Noun

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

  1. world
Declension
Masculine u-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative bith bithL betha
Vocative bith bithL bithu
Accusative bithN bithL bithu
Genitive betho, betha betho, bethaL bethaN
Dative biuthL bethaib bethaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
Descendants

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bʲiθʲ/

Verb

bith

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

Mutation

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