báigh

See also: bàigh

Irish

Alternative forms

  • bádh (obsolete)

Etymology

Verb

báigh (present analytic bánn, future analytic báfaidh, verbal noun , past participle báite)

  1. (transitive) drown
  2. (transitive) sink, submerge
  3. (transitive) immerse
  4. (transitive) inundate, drench
  5. (transitive) water, dilute
  6. (transitive) quench
  7. (transitive) face (cards)
  8. (transitive, linguistics) elide

Conjugation

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
báigh bháigh mbáigh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • "báigh" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • drench” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • drown” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • elide” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • immerse” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • inundate” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • quench” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • sink” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • submerge” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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