bás

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bas"

Faroese

Noun

bás

  1. accusative/genitive singular of básur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse báss, from Proto-Germanic *bansaz.

Noun

bás m (genitive singular báss, nominative plural básar)

  1. pen, fold (enclosure for cattle)
  2. booth (seating area)
  3. stall (at a market)

Declension

Further reading

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish bás, from Old Irish bás,[1] from Proto-Celtic *bāstom, bāssom, from either Proto-Indo-European *gʷeh₂- (to go) or *(s)gʷes- (to extinguish).

Pronunciation

Noun

bás m (genitive singular báis, nominative plural básanna)

  1. death
    Nuair a thiocfas an bás ní imeoidh sé folamh. (proverb)
    When death comes he won’t leave empty-handed.
    Níl neart ar an mbás (ach pósadh arís). (proverb)
    There is no cure for death (but to marry again).

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bás bhás mbás
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 bás”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 72, page 38

Further reading

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish bás, from Proto-Celtic *bāstom, bāssom, from either Proto-Indo-European *gʷeh₂- (to go) or *(s)gʷes- (to extinguish).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baːs/

Noun

bás m

  1. death

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Irish: bás
  • Manx: baase
  • Scottish Gaelic: bàs

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
básbás
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/
mbás
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *bāstom, bāssom, from either Proto-Indo-European *gʷeh₂- (to go) or *(s)gʷes- (to extinguish).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baːs/

Noun

bás n

  1. verbal noun of baïd (to die): death
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 73d7
      Ná eiplet húan bás coitchen húa n‑epil cách, acht foircniter húa sain-bás sech cách.
      Let them not die by the common death by which everyone dies, but let them be ended by a special death different from everyone.

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative básN básN básL, bása
Vocative básN básN básL, bása
Accusative básN básN básL, bása
Genitive báisL bás básN
Dative básL básaib básaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
bás bás
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/
mbás
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*bāsto-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 59

Further reading

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -as, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -aʃ, (Brazil) -ajs, (Rio de Janeiro) -ajʃ
  • Hyphenation: bás

Noun

bás

  1. plural of

Wiyot

Bás.

Etymology

From Proto-Algic *mehše. Cognates include Yurok mech and Ojibwe mishi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /βás/
  • Hyphenation: bás

Noun

bás

  1. fire

References

  • Karl V. Teeter (1964) The Wiyot Language, University of California press, page 48
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