bithiúnach

== Irish == === Etymology === From Old Irish bithbinech (“habitual criminal”), from bith (“lasting, permanent, perpetual”). By surface analysis, bith- (“ever-, constant”) +‎ Old Irish binech (“criminal”). === Pronunciation === (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbʲɪhuːnˠa(x)/, /ˈbʲɪhuːn̪ˠa(x)/ === Noun === bithiúnach m (genitive singular bithiúnaigh, nominative plural bithiúnaigh) cheat, crook, malefactor, rapscallion, rascal, rogue, rough, ruffian, scoundrel, thug, varlet, villain ==== Declension ==== === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “bithiúnach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bithbinech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language