báigh
See also: bàigh
Irish
Alternative forms
- bádh (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old Irish báidid, from Proto-Celtic *bādīti.
Verb
báigh (present analytic bánn, future analytic báfaidh, verbal noun bá, past participle báite)
- (transitive) drown
- (transitive) sink, submerge
- (transitive) immerse
- (transitive) inundate, drench
- (transitive) water, dilute
- (transitive) quench
- (transitive) face (cards)
- (transitive, linguistics) elide
Conjugation
conjugation of báigh (first conjugation – C)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
báigh | bháigh | mbáigh |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “báigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “drench”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- “drown”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- “elide”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- “immerse”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- “inundate”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- “quench”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- “sink”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- “submerge”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024