baithis

Irish

Alternative forms

baitheas

Etymology

From Old Irish baithis, baithes, bathais (“baptism; the order of baptism, the baptismal rite; (by association) crown of the head”) (compare Scottish Gaelic bathais), from Latin baptisma, ultimately from Ancient Greek βάπτισμα (báptisma).

Noun

baithis f (genitive singular baithise, nominative plural baithisí)

(anatomy) top, crown (of head)

Declension

Declension of baithis

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	baithis	baithisí
Vocative	a bhaithis	a bhaithisí
Genitive	baithise	baithisí
Dative	baithis	baithisí

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an bhaithis	na baithisí
Genitive	na baithise	na mbaithisí
Dative	leis an mbaithis don bhaithis	leis na baithisí

Derived terms

buarach bhaithise (“strip of dead person's skin used in witchcraft”)
clár baithise (“forehead”)

Related terms

cró na baithise, logán na baithise, loigín na baithise, tobar na baithise (“fontanelle”)
screaball baithise (“baptismal offering”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
baithis	bhaithis	mbaithis
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"baithis" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“baithis, baithes, bathais” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.