bith

== Dinka == === Noun === bith (plural biith) fishing spear Synonym: biɛnh ==== Derived terms ==== bɛ̈ny bith (“spear-chief”) ubith (“fishhook”) === References === Roger Blench (2005), Dinka-English Dictionary‎[1], page 29 == Irish == === Etymology === From Old Irish bith, from Proto-Celtic *bitus (compare Welsh byd). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bʲɪh/, /bʲɪ/ === Noun === bith m (genitive singular beatha) (literary) world ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ar bith (“any, at all”) === Mutation === == Lower Tanana == === Stem === bith Verbal stem occurring in the following root, aspect, and mode combinations: == Middle English == === Alternative forms === biþ, beth, bis, bes === Etymology === From Old English biþ, third-person present singular of bēon (“to be”), from Proto-Germanic *biuþi, third-person present singular of *beuną (“to be, become”). === Verb === bith third-person singular present indicative of been ==== Usage notes ==== This form is less common than is except in southern dialects. ==== Descendants ==== English: bes, beeth (now obsolete or dialectal) Fingallian: bes Yola: beeth == Old Irish == === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Celtic *bitus (compare Welsh byd). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈbʲiθʲ/ ==== Noun ==== bith m (genitive betho or betha, nominative plural betha) world c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 68b9 ===== Declension ===== ===== Descendants ===== Irish: bith →? Middle Welsh: byth Welsh: byth === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /bʲiθ/ ==== Verb ==== bith inflection of is: third-person singular past subjunctive third-person singular future === Etymology 3 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈbʲiːθ/ ==== Verb ==== bith alternative spelling of bíth === Mutation ===