bith
Dinka
Noun
bith (plural biith)Category:Dinka lemmas#BITHCategory:Dinka nouns#BITHCategory:Dinka entries with incorrect language header#BITHCategory:Pages with entries#BITHCategory:Pages with 5 entries#BITH
Derived terms
- bɛ̈ny bith (“spear-chief”)
- ubith (“fishhook”)
References
Category:din:Fishing#BITHCategory:din:Spears#BITHCategory:din:Tools#BITHCategory:din:Weapons#BITHIrish
Etymology
Category:Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#BITHCategory:Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʷeyh₃-#BITHFrom Old IrishCategory:Irish terms inherited from Old Irish#BITHCategory:Irish terms derived from Old Irish#BITH bith, from Proto-CelticCategory:Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic#BITHCategory:Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic#BITH *bitus (compare Welsh byd).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bʲɪh/, /bʲɪ/Category:Irish terms with IPA pronunciation#BITH
Noun
bith m (genitive singular beatha)Category:Irish lemmas#BITHCategory:Irish nouns#BITHCategory:Irish entries with incorrect language header#BITHCategory:Irish masculine nouns#BITHCategory:Pages with entries#BITHCategory:Pages with 5 entries#BITH
Declension
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Derived terms
- ar bith (“any, at all”)
Mutation
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| bith | bhith | mbith |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Lower Tanana
Stem
bithCategory:Lower Tanana lemmas#BITHCategory:Lower Tanana stems#BITHCategory:Lower Tanana entries with incorrect language header#BITHCategory:Pages with entries#BITHCategory:Pages with 5 entries#BITH
- Verbal stem occurring in the following root, aspect, and mode combinations:
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old EnglishCategory:Middle English terms inherited from Old English#BITHCategory:Middle English terms derived from Old English#BITH biþ, third-person present singular of bēon (“to be”), from Proto-GermanicCategory:Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#BITHCategory:Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#BITH *biuþi, third-person present singular of *beuną (“to be, become”).
Verb
bithCategory:Middle English non-lemma forms#BITHCategory:Middle English verb forms#BITHCategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#BITHCategory:Pages with entries#BITHCategory:Pages with 5 entries#BITH
- third-person singular present indicative of beenCategory:Middle English third-person singular forms#BITH
Usage notes
This form is less common than is except in southern dialects.
Descendants
Old Irish
Etymology 1
Category:Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#BITHCategory:Old Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʷeyh₃-#BITHFrom Proto-CelticCategory:Old Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic#BITHCategory:Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic#BITH *bitus (compare Welsh byd).
Pronunciation
Noun
bith m (genitive betho or betha, nominative plural betha)Category:Old Irish lemmas#BITHCategory:Old Irish nouns#BITHCategory:Old Irish entries with incorrect language header#BITHCategory:Old Irish masculine nouns#BITHCategory:Pages with entries#BITHCategory:Pages with 5 entries#BITH
- world
- 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. 68b9
- cia beith ar n‑acathar nech inna rétu inducbaidi in betha so, arnach·corathar i mmoth ⁊ machthad dia seirc ⁊ dia n‑accubur
- though it be that someone sees the glorious things of this world, that he may not be put in stupor and admiration by love for them and by desire for them
- 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. 68b9
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | bith | bithL | bethaH |
| vocative | bith | bithL | bethu |
| accusative | bithN | bithL | bethu |
| genitive | bethoH, bethaH | bethoL, bethaL | bethaeN |
| dative | biuthL | bethaib | bethaib |
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
Verb
bithCategory:Old Irish non-lemma forms#BITHCategory:Old Irish verb forms#BITHCategory:Old Irish entries with incorrect language header#BITHCategory:Pages with entries#BITHCategory:Pages with 5 entries#BITH
- inflection of is:
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Verb
bithCategory:Old Irish non-lemma forms#BITHCategory:Old Irish verb forms#BITHCategory:Old Irish entries with incorrect language header#BITHCategory:Pages with entries#BITHCategory:Pages with 5 entries#BITH
- alternative spelling of bíth