baithis
Irish
Alternative forms
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)
Declension
Declension of baithis
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- buarach bhaithise (“strip of dead person's skin used in witchcraft”)
- clár baithise (“forehead”)
Related terms
- cró na baithise, logán na baithise, loigín na baithise, tobar na baithise (“fontanelle”)
- screaball baithise (“baptismal offering”)
Mutation
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “baithis”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “baithis, baithes, bathais”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language