b'
See also: Appendix:Variations of "b"
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bˠ/ (before (fh)a, (fh)á, (fh)o, (fh)ó, (fh)u, (fh)ú)
- IPA(key): /bʲ/ (before (fh)e, (fh)é, (fh)i, (fh)í)
Particle
b’
- Apocopic form of ba
- B’fhearr liom cupán tae.
- I’d prefer a cup of tea.
Usage notes
- This form is used before words beginning with a vowel or fh followed by a vowel, except not before the pronouns é, ea, í, iad.
Derived terms
- b’fhéidir
Related terms
Irish copular forms
Simple copular forms
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v Used before vowel sounds |
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
b' | bh' | mb' |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Maltese
Alternative forms
- bi (before a consonant cluster)
- imb (in fixed expressions)
Etymology
From Arabic بِ (bi).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b/ (before a vowel, sonorant, or voiced obstruent)
- IPA(key): /p/ (before a voiceless obstruent)
Preposition
b'
- with (chiefly an ingredient, means, concomitant, quality)
- Antonym: bla
Inflection
Inflected forms of b' | |||||
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Personal-pronoun- including forms | singular | plural | |||
m | f | ||||
1st person | bija | bina | |||
2nd person | bik | bikom | |||
3rd person | bih | biha | bihom |
See also
- f'
- ma'
Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p-/
- Hyphenation: b'
Verb
b'
- Form of bu used before vowels and fh-
References
- Colin Mark (2003), “bu”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 96
Yola
Verb
b'
- Alternative form of ba (“be”)
- 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 6:
- Yith w'had any lhuck, oor naame wode b' zung.
- If we had any luck, our name would have been sung.
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References
- Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 86