babhta
Irish
Etymology 1
From English bout, from Middle English bught, probably from an unrecorded variant of Old English byht (“a bend”), from Proto-Germanic *buhtiz (“a bend”).
Noun
babhta m (genitive singular babhta, nominative plural babhtaí)
Declension
Declension of babhta
Fourth declension
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- babhta oibre (“spell of work”)
- babhta óil (“binge”)
- babhta tinnis (“bout of illness”)
- babhtaí (“sometimes”)
- réamhbhabhta (“preliminary [sports]”)
Etymology 2
From English boot, from Middle English boote, bote, bot, from Old English bōt (“advantage”), from Proto-Germanic *bōtō (“atonement, improvement”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰed- (“good”).
Noun
babhta m (genitive singular babhta, nominative plural babhtaí)
Declension
Declension of babhta
Fourth declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| babhta | bhabhta | mbabhta |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 24, page 14
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “babhta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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