babhta

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Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From English bout, from Middle English bught, probably from an unrecorded variant of Old English byht (a bend), from Proto-Germanic *buhtiz (a bend).

Noun

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babhta m (genitive singular babhta, nominative plural babhtaí)

  1. bout
    1. spell, turn
    2. (sports) round
  2. time, occasion
  3. blow
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Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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From English boot, from Middle English boote, bote, bot, from Old English bōt (advantage), from Proto-Germanic *bōtō (atonement, improvement), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰed- (good).

Noun

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babhta m (genitive singular babhta, nominative plural babhtaí)

  1. boot (something given to equalize an exchange)
  2. thing exchanged
  3. addition
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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
babhta bhabhta mbabhta
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 24, page 14

Further reading

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