bàta

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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

  1. boat
  2. pinnace
  3. barge

Usage notes[edit]

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

Derived terms[edit]

Mutation[edit]

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

Further reading[edit]

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “bàta”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 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