bithiúnach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish bithbinech (“habitual criminal”), from bith (“lasting, permanent, perpetual”). By surface analysis, bith- (“ever-, constant”) + Old Irish binech (“criminal”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bithiúnach m (genitive singular bithiúnaigh, nominative plural bithiúnaigh)
- cheat, crook, malefactor, rapscallion, rascal, rogue, rough, ruffian, scoundrel, thug, varlet, villain
Declension
[edit]Declension of bithiúnach
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 |
bithiúnach | bhithiúnach | mbithiúnach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 327, page 114
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bithiúnach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bithbinech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language