beith

From Middle Irish beith, beithe, from Old Irish beithe, from Proto-Celtic *betwiyos, *betuyā (“birch”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷet-.

beith f (genitive singular beithe, nominative plural beitheanna)

1. birch (tree)
2. the letter B in the Ogham alphabet

• beith gheal
• beith chlúmhach

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

beith

1. Obsolete form of beadh.

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “beith”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

• IPA^(key): /bʲeθʲ/

beith

1. third-person singular present subjunctive absolute of at·tá

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From Middle Irish beith, beithe, from Old Irish beithe, from Proto-Celtic *betwiyos, *betuyā (“birch”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷet-.

• IPA^(key): /peh/

beith f (genitive singular beithe, plural beithean)

1. birch (tree)
2. (obsolete) the letter B in the Gaelic alphabet