bathais

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish baithis, baithes, bathais (“baptism; the order of baptism, the baptismal rite; (by association) crown of the head”) (compare Irish baithis), from Latin baptisma, ultimately from Ancient Greek βάπτισμα (báptisma).

Noun

bathais f (genitive singular bathaise, plural bathaisean)

(anatomy) brow, forehead
cheek (impudence)

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
“baithis, baithes, bathais” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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