baithis

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Irish

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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)

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