biotáille
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English vitaile (“food”), from Old French vitaile (“provisions, food”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]biotáille f (genitive singular biotáille, nominative plural biotáillí)
- spirits, strong drink
- (specifically) whiskey
- Synonyms: uisce beatha, fuisce
Declension
[edit]Declension of biotáille
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
biotáille | bhiotáille | mbiotáille |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 44
Further reading
[edit]- “biotáille”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bitáille”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “biotáille”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 68
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “biotáille”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN