biadh

Irish

Noun

biadh m (genitive singular bídh, nominative plural biadha)

1. superseded spelling of bia

Usage notes

• This noun was formerly a first-declension noun with nominative plural biadha or biadhanna.

Declension

Declension of biadh (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative biadh biadha vocative a bhídh a bhiadha genitive bídh biadh dative biadh biadha forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an biadh na biadha genitive an bhídh na mbiadh dative leis an mbiadh don bhiadh leis na biadha

Mutation

Mutated forms of biadh

radical	lenition	eclipsis
biadh	bhiadh	mbiadh

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish bíad (compare Irish bia).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b̥iəɣ/

Noun

biadh m (genitive singular bìdh, plural biadhan)

1. food, meal

   Dh’ullaich mi biadh. ― I prepared a meal.

Declension

Declension of biadh (type I masculine noun)

indefinite
	singular	plural
nominative	biadh	biadhan
genitive	bìdh	bhiadhan
dative	biadh	biadhan; biadhaibh1
definite
	singular	plural
nominative	(am) biadh	(na) biadhan
genitive	(a') bhìdh	(nam) biadhan
dative	(a') bhiadh	(na) biadhan; biadhaibh1
vocative	bhìdh	bhiadhan; bhiadhan

¹ archaic or poetic form

• Alternative genitive singular: bidhe, bèidh, bithidh, beidhe

Derived terms

• blasad-bìdh
• cairt-bidhe
• clàr-bìdhe
• seòmar-bìdh
• taigh-bìdh

Mutation

Mutation of biadh

radical	lenition
biadh	bhiadh

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.