beithíoch

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish bethadach (animal). Compare Scottish Gaelic beathach (animal), beithir (beast, monster, bear).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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beithíoch m (genitive singular beithígh, nominative plural beithígh)

  1. beast
  2. (large) animal
  3. brute; (large) specimen of creature
  4. bovine animal; heifer, cow
  5. (in the plural) cattle
  6. horse

Declension

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
beithíoch bheithíoch mbeithíoch
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 44
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 10

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