baithis

Irish

Alternative forms

• baitheas

Etymology

From Old Irish baithis, baithes, bathais (“baptism; the order of baptism, the baptismal rite; (by association) crown of the head”) (compare Scottish Gaelic bathais), from Latin baptisma, ultimately from Ancient Greek βάπτισμα (báptisma).

Noun

baithis f (genitive singular baithise, nominative plural baithisí)

1. (anatomy) top, crown (of head)

Declension

Declension of baithis

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative baithis baithisí Vocative a bhaithis a bhaithisí Genitive baithise baithisí Dative baithis baithisí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an bhaithis na baithisí Genitive na baithise na mbaithisí Dative leis an mbaithis don bhaithis leis na baithisí

Derived terms

• buarach bhaithise (“strip of dead person's skin used in witchcraft”)
• clár baithise (“forehead”)

Related terms

• cró na baithise (“fontanelle”)
• logán na baithise (“fontanelle”)
• loigín na baithise (“fontanelle”)
• screaball baithise (“baptismal offering”)
• tobar na baithise (“fontanelle”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
baithis	bhaithis	mbaithis
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “baithis”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “baithis, baithes, bathais”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language