beithíoch

Irish

Alternative forms
  • beathach (Ulster)
  • beathadhach, beathaidheach, beithidheach (superseded)
  • beáthach, beathuidheach, beidhtheach, beidhthidheach, beitheach, béitheach, beitheadhach, beithidheach, beithídheach, beithidhtheach, beithigheach, beithígheach (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish bethadach (“animal”). Compare Scottish Gaelic beithir (“beast, monster, bear”).

Pronunciation

Noun

beithíoch m (genitive singular beithígh, nominative plural beithígh)

  1. beast
  2. (large) animal
  3. brute; (large) specimen of creature
  4. bovine animal; heifer, cow
  5. (in the plural) cattle
  6. horse

Declension
Declension of beithíoch

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative beithíoch beithígh
Vocative a bheithígh a bheithíocha
Genitive beithígh beithíoch
Dative beithíoch beithígh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an beithíoch na beithígh
Genitive an bheithígh na mbeithíoch
Dative leis an mbeithíoch

don bheithíoch

 leis na beithígh

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
beithíoch bheithíoch mbeithíoch
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 44
  2. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 10

Further reading
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “beithíoch”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “beithíoch”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “beaṫaiḋeaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 63
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “beiṫiḋeaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 64
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