baoth

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /bˠeːh/, [bˠëːh]
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /bˠiː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /bˠiː/, (older) /bˠɯː/
• Homophone: buí (Connacht)

Etymology 1

From Old Irish báeth, baíd, baíth, bóeth (“foolish, stupid, silly, thoughtless, reckless”), perhaps ultimately related to bàs (“death, demise”). However, compare Latin fatuus (“foolish, stupid”).

Adjective

baoth (genitive singular masculine baoith, genitive singular feminine baoithe, plural baotha, comparative baoithe)

1. foolish; fatuous
2. vain, giddy
3. (nautical, of boat) unsteady
4. inclined to run (of colour)
5. dull pale brown

Declension

Declension of baoth

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	baoth	bhaoth	baotha; bhaotha²
Vocative	bhbaoith		baotha
Genitive		bbaoithe	baotha	baoth
Dative	baoth; bhaoth¹	bhaoth; bhbaoith (archaic)	baotha; bhaotha²
Comparative	níos bbaoithe
Superlative	is bbaoithe

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Synonyms

• (foolish, fatuous): amadánta, baothánta
• (foolish): amaideach, baosrach, bómánta, éaganta
• (fatuous): díchéillí

Derived terms

• baothchaifeach

Related terms

• baois

Etymology 2

Adjective

baoth (genitive singular masculine baoith, genitive singular feminine baoithe, plural baotha, comparative baoithe)

1. Alternative form of maoth (“soft, tender; weak, enervate; moist; soppy, sentimental”)

Declension

Declension of baoth

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	baoth	bhaoth	baotha; bhaotha²
Vocative	bhbaoith		baotha
Genitive		bbaoithe	baotha	baoth
Dative	baoth; bhaoth¹	bhaoth; bhbaoith (archaic)	baotha; bhaotha²
Comparative	níos bbaoithe
Superlative	is bbaoithe

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
baoth	bhaoth	mbaoth
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “baoth”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “bàth”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[1], Stirling, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 70

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish báeth, baíd, baíth, bóeth (“foolish, stupid, silly, thoughtless, reckless”), perhaps ultimately related to bàs (“death, demise”). However, compare Latin fatuus (“foolish, stupid”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɯː/

Adjective

baoth

1. foolish, silly, simple, stupid, fatuous, inept

Synonyms

• amaideach
• baoghalta
• gòrach
• mì-ghlic