baist

See also: Bäist

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish baithsid, baitsid, baistid (baptises; blesses; names, confers (a name) on), from baithis, baithes, bathais (baptism), from Latin baptisma, from Ancient Greek βάπτισμα (báptisma).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bˠaʃtʲ/

Verb

baist (present analytic baisteann, future analytic baistfidh, verbal noun baisteadh, past participle baiste)

  1. (transitive, Christianity) baptize
  2. (transitive) name
  3. (transitive) add water to

Conjugation

  • baiste m (baptism)
  • baisteach m (baptist)
  • baisteachán m ((act of) nicknaming, calling names; abuse)
  • baistíoch m ((newly-)baptized person; Christian; living person)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
baist bhaist mbaist
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References


Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish baithsid, baitsid, baistid (baptises; blesses; names, confers (a name) on), from baithis, baithes, bathais (baptism), from Latin baptisma, from Ancient Greek βάπτισμα (báptisma).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baʃtʃ/

Verb

baist (past bhaist, future baistidh, verbal noun baisteadh, past participle baiste)

  1. (Christianity) baptize, christen

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalLenition
baistbhaist
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • bait(h)sid, baistid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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