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• beathadhach, beathaidheach, beithidheach (superseded)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

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /bʲɛˈhiəx/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲaiəx/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɛix/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɛhiəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲaːx/ (corresponding to the form beathach)

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.

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