bith

See also: bìth, bið, biþ, and bith-

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish bith, from Proto-Celtic *bitus (compare Welsh byd).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bʲɪh/, /bʲɪ/

Noun

bith m (genitive singular beatha)

(literary) world

Declension

Declension of bith

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	bith
Vocative	a bhith
Genitive	beatha
Dative	bith

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular
Nominative	an bith
Genitive	an bheatha
Dative	leis an mbith don bhith

Derived terms

ar bith (“any, at all”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bith	bhith	mbith
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Middle English

Alternative forms

biþ, beth, bis, bes

Etymology

From Old English biþ, third-person present singular of bēon (“to be”), from Proto-Germanic *biuþi, third-person present singular of *beuną (“to be, become”).

Verb

bith

Third-person singular present indicative form of been

Usage notes

This form is less common than is except in southern dialects.

Descendants

English: bes, beeth (now obsolete or dialectal)

Old Irish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *bitus (compare Welsh byd).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bʲiθ/

Noun

bith m (genitive betho or betha, nominative plural betha)

world

Declension

Masculine u-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	bith	bithL	betha
Vocative	bith	bithL	bithu
Accusative	bithN	bithL	bithu
Genitive	betho, betha	betho, bethaL	bethaN
Dative	biuthL	bethaib	bethaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Irish: bith

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

bid

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bʲiθʲ/

Verb

bith

third-person singular past subjunctive of is
third-person singular future of is

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
bith	bith pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/	mbith
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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