beithíoch

beithíoch

Irish

Alternative forms

• beithidheach (superseded)

Etymology

From Old Irish bethadach (“animal”). Compare Scottish Gaelic beithir (“beast, monster, bear”)

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /bʲɛˈhiəx/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɛhiəx/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɛix/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲɛhiə(h)/

Noun

beithíoch m (genitive singular beithígh, nominative plural beithígh)

1. beast
2. (large) animal
3. brute; (large) specimen of creature
4. bovine animal; heifer, cow
5. (in the plural) cattle
6. horse

Declension

Declension of beithíoch

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative beithíoch beithígh Vocative a bheithígh a bheithíocha Genitive beithígh beithíoch Dative beithíoch beithígh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an beithíoch na beithígh Genitive an bheithígh na mbeithíoch Dative leis an mbeithíoch don bheithíoch leis na beithígh

Derived terms

• beithíoch allta m (“wild beast”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
beithíoch	bheithíoch	mbeithíoch
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• "beithíoch" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.