baase

baase

Manx

Etymology

From Middle Irish bás, from Old Irish bás, from Proto-Celtic *bāstom, bāssom, from either Proto-Indo-European *gʷeh₂- (“to go”) or *(s)gʷes- (“to extinguish”).

Noun

baase m (genitive singular baaish, plural baaseyn)

1. death

   Nagh dooar eh baase?

   Didn't he die? (literally, Didn't he get death?)

2. bereavement
3. extinction
4. capital punishment

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
baase	vaase	maase
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.