faigh bás

Irish

Etymology

Literally to find death.

Verb

faigh bás (present analytic faigheann bás, future analytic gheobhaidh bás, verbal noun bás a fháil, past participle faighte bás)

1. to die (stop living)
   • 1933, Peig Sayers (storyteller), “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, printed in Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry by M. L. Sjoestedt (Paris 1938), p. 193:

     Nuair a fuair sé bás, má bhí Máire brónach bhí sí sásta d’fhonn is go mbeadh an captaen óg le pósadh aici.

     When he died, even though Máire was sad, she was satisfied in the hope that the young captain would marry her.

   Fuair m'athair bás. ― My father died.

Conjugation

conjugation of faigh bás: see faigh

Synonyms

• básaigh
• caill (in the autonomous; euphemistic)
• éag
• síothlaigh (euphemistic)