báigh

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See also: bàigh

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish báidid, from Proto-Celtic *bādīti.

Verb

báigh (present analytic bánn, future analytic báfaidh, verbal noun , past participle báite)

  1. (transitive) drown
  2. (transitive) sink, submerge
  3. (transitive) immerse
  4. (transitive) inundate, drench
  5. (transitive) water, dilute
  6. (transitive) quench
  7. (transitive) face (cards)
  8. (transitive, linguistics) elide

Conjugation

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