bíth

== Old Irish == === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Celtic *bītū, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂- (“to strike”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈbʲiːθ/ ==== Noun ==== bíth (gender unknown) (archaic) verbal noun of benaid (“to strike”) Synonym: (usual form) béim ===== Usage notes ===== Found almost only in the complex prepositions fo bíth and fo bíthin; in Middle and Modern Irish complex prepositions using ar, do, and tre have come into existence. ===== Declension ===== Short dative singular: bíth Long dative singular: bíthin ===== Derived terms ===== fo bíth(in) ===== Descendants ===== Middle Irish: bíthin ⇒ Middle Irish: ar bíthin ⇒ Middle Irish: do bíthin ⇒ Middle Irish: tre bíthin Irish: bíthin ⇒ Irish: ar bhíthin ⇒ Irish: do bhíthin ⇒ Irish: trí bhíthin ===== Further reading ===== Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bíth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== Habitual present form: IPA(key): /ˈbʲiːθʲ/ Imperative forms: IPA(key): /ˈbʲiːθ/ ==== Verb ==== bíth inflection of at·tá: third-person singular habitual present third-person singular/second-person plural imperative === Mutation ===