bith-

== Irish == === Alternative forms === bi- (before a slender T) bio- (before a broad T) bioth- (before a broad vowel or consonant other than T) === Etymology 1 === From Old Irish bith-, from bith (“world, existence”). ==== Prefix ==== bith- ever-, constant ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Prefix ==== bith- (biology) combining form of beatha (“life”): bio- ===== Derived terms ===== === Mutation === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “bith-”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN == Old Irish == === Alternative forms === bid- (especially in the Würzburg glosses) === Etymology === From bith (“world, existence”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbʲiθʲ-/ === Prefix === bith- ever-, constant c. 850, Carlsruhe Glosses on St Augustine’s Soliloquia, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. 2, pp. 1–9, Acr. 1a3 ==== Derived terms ==== === Mutation === === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 bith”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language