bìth

From Old Irish bí (“pitch”), from Proto-Celtic *bitu, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷétu (compare English cud).

bìth f (genitive singular bìthe, no plural)

1. glue, gum
2. birdlime
3. resin
4. tar, bitumen
5. pith
6. caulking

• teàrr

• bìth-eòin f (“birdlime”)

• 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
• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “1 bí”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN