bha
See also: BHA
Irish
Noun
bha f pl
- Lenited form of ba.
Pnar
Etymology
From Indo-Aryan. Compare Bengali ভাল (bhal).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bha/
Adjective
bha
- good
Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /va/
- Hyphenation: bha
Verb
bha
- independent past of bi: was, were
- Bha Seumas sgìth, nach robh e? ― James was tired, wasn't he?
- Bha each anns an achadh. ― There was a horse in the field.
- Bha eich anns an achadh. ― There were horses in the field.
Usage notes
- Bha is used as an affirmative answer to questions formed with robh:
- An robh Seumas agus Anna sgìth? Bha! ― Were James and Anna tired? Yes!
- When linking the subject of a sentence with a complement consisting of a noun phrase, the verb bu is used.
References
- Colin Mark (2003), “bi”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 75