bís

See also: bis, Bis, bis-, biş, and biś

Irish

Alternative forms

• vís

Etymology

From Old French viz (“screw”), from Latin vitis (“vine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʲiːʃ/

Noun

bís f (genitive singular bíse, nominative plural bíseanna)

1. vice; screw
2. spiral

Declension

Declension of bís

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative bís bíseanna Vocative a bhís a bhíseanna Genitive bíse bíseanna Dative bís bíseanna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an bhís na bíseanna Genitive na bíse na mbíseanna Dative leis an mbís don bhís leis na bíseanna

Derived terms

• bís bhinse (“bench vice”)
• bís ordóige (“thumb-screw”)
• bís shuite (“set screw”)
• crúca bíse (“screw-hook”)
• staighre bíse (“spiral staircase”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bís	bhís	mbís
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bís”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “spiral”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• “vice”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “bís”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm

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Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʲiːs/

Verb

bís

1. third-person singular present indicative habitual relative of at·tá

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
bís	bís pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/	mbís
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.