bàta

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bata"

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish bát (compare Irish bád, Manx baatey), borrowed from Old English bāt.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpaːʰt̪ə/

Noun

bàta m (genitive singular bàta, plural bàtaichean or bàtan)

  1. boat
  2. pinnace
  3. barge

Usage notes
  • Although the noun is masculine, the feminine pronoun i is used.

Derived terms

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
bàtabhàta
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “bàta”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “bát”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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