beith

== Irish == === Etymology === From Middle Irish beith, beithe, from Old Irish beithe, from Proto-Celtic *betwiyos, *betuyā (“birch”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷet-. === Noun === beith f (genitive singular beithe, nominative plural beitheanna) birch (tree) the letter B in the Ogham alphabet ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== beith gheal beith chlúmhach === Mutation === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “beith”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN == Old Irish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbʲeθʲ/ === Verb === beith third-person singular present subjunctive absolute of at·tá === Mutation === == Scottish Gaelic == === Etymology === From Middle Irish beith, beithe, from Old Irish beithe, from Proto-Celtic *betwiyos, *betuyā (“birch”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷet-. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /peh/ === Noun === beith f (genitive singular beithe, plural beithean) birch (tree) (obsolete) the letter B in the Gaelic alphabet ==== Derived terms ==== === Mutation ===