beathach

== Irish == === Etymology 1 === beatha +‎ -ach ==== Adjective ==== beathach only used in beo beathach (“alive and kicking”) === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronunciation ==== (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbʲaːx/ ==== Noun ==== beathach m (genitive singular beathaigh, nominative plural beathaigh) Ulster form of beithíoch (“beast”) ===== Declension ===== ==== References ==== === Etymology 3 === ==== Adjective ==== beathach (genitive singular masculine beathaigh, genitive singular feminine beathaí, plural beathacha, not comparable) alternative form of beitheach (“planted with birches”) ===== Declension ===== === Mutation === == Scottish Gaelic == === Alternative forms === beòthach, beothach, beitheach === Etymology === From Old Irish bethach, a variant of bethadach (“animal; creature”) (whence Irish beithíoch), from bethu, Middle Irish betha (“life”) + -ach. === Pronunciation === (Lewis, Coigach) IPA(key): /ˈb̥ehəx/, /ˈb̥ehax/ (Uist, Strath) IPA(key): /ˈb̥e̯o.əx/, /ˈb̥ɛ̯o.əx/, /ˈb̥ɛ̯ohəx/ (corresponding to the form beothach) (Barra, much of Skye, Tiree, Mull) IPA(key): /ˈb̥ehux/ (Wester Ross) IPA(key): /ˈb̥ehɔx/, /ˈb̥ehux/ (South Argyll) IPA(key): /ˈb̥ɛ.ɑx/, [ˈb̥ɛʔɑx] === Noun === beathach m (genitive singular beathaich, plural beathaichean) beast, brute, animal Synonym: ainmhidh ==== Related terms ==== beatha === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 bethach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language