bàta

See also: bata, batá, bàtá, bâta, batā, bâtă, bată, and bata-

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Borrowed from Old English bāt.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈb̊aːʰt̪ə], /paːʰt̪ə/

Noun

bàta m (genitive singular bàta, plural bàtaichean)

Derived terms

bàt-'aigeil (“submarine”)
bàta-ràmh (“rowing boat”)
steamboat
submarine
uinneag bàta (“porthole”)

Usage notes

Although the noun is masculine, the feminine pronoun i is used.

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

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