baisteadh

• baisdeadh, baisdedh (obsolete)

From Old Irish baitzed; synchronically analyzable as baist +‎ -eadh (verbal noun ending).

• (Munster, Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠaʃtʲə/
• (Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠaʃtʲuː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠaʃtʲu/

baisteadh m (genitive singular baiste or baistidh, nominative plural baistí)

1. verbal noun of baist
2. baptism
3. christening celebration, party

Alternative declension

See the etymology of the main entry.

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠaʃtʲəɡ/
• (Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠaʃtʲəvˠ/
• (Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠaʃtʲuː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠaʃtʲu/

baisteadh

1. past indicative autonomous of baist

See the etymology of the main entry.

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠaʃtʲəx/
• (Galway) IPA^(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈbˠaʃtʲətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈbˠaʃtʲəx/
• (Mayo) IPA^(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈbˠaʃtʲətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈbˠaʃtʲuː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈbˠaʃtʲətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈbˠaʃtʲu/

baisteadh

1. inflection of baist:
   1. past subjunctive analytic
   2. third-person singular imperative

• “bait(h)sed, baisted” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “baisteaḋ” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 50.
• "baisteadh" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Entries containing “baisteadh” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “baisteadh” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

baisteadh m (genitive singular baistidh, plural baistidhean)

1. verbal noun of baist
2. baptism, christening