biathaigh

Irish

Alternative forms

biadhthaigh (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish bíathaid, bíathaigid, bíadaid (“feeds, nourishes; supports”), from biad n (“food”).

Verb

biathaigh (present analytic biathaíonn, future analytic biathóidh, verbal noun biathú, past participle biathaithe)

(transitive) feed, nourish
(transitive) shower

Conjugation

Second Conjugation

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third	relative	autonomous
indicative	present	biathaím	biathaíonn tú; biathaír^†	biathaíonn sé, sí	biathaímid; biathaíonn muid	biathaíonn sibh	biathaíonn siad; biathaíd^†	a bhiathaíonn; a bhiathaíos / a mbiathaíonn; a mbiathaíos	biathaítear
	past	bhiathaigh mé; bhiathaíos	bhiathaigh tú; bhiathaís	bhiathaigh sé, sí	bhiathaíomar; bhiathaigh muid	bhiathaigh sibh; bhiathaíobhair	bhiathaigh siad; bhiathaíodar	a bhiathaigh / ar bhiathaigh*	biathaíodh
	past habitual	bhiathaínn	bhiathaíteá	bhiathaíodh sé, sí	bhiathaímis; bhiathaíodh muid	bhiathaíodh sibh	bhiathaídís; bhiathaíodh siad	a bhiathaíodh / ar bhiathaíodh*	bhiathaítí
	future	biathóidh mé; biathód; biathóchaidh mé^†	biathóidh tú; biathóir^†; biathóchaidh tú^†	biathóidh sé, sí; biathóchaidh sé, sí^†	biathóimid; biathóidh muid; biathóchaimid^†; biathóchaidh muid^†	biathóidh sibh; biathóchaidh sibh^†	biathóidh siad; biathóid^†; biathóchaidh siad^†	a bhiathóidh; a bhiathós; a bhiathóchaidh^†; a bhiathóchas^† / a mbiathóidh; a mbiathós; a mbiathóchaidh^†; a mbiathóchas^†	biathófar; biathóchar^†
conditional		bhiathóinn; bhiathóchainn^† / mbiathóinn‡‡; mbiathóchainn^†‡‡	bhiathófá; bhiathóchthá^† / mbiathófá‡‡; mbiathóchthá^†‡‡	bhiathódh sé, sí; bhiathóchadh sé, sí^† / mbiathódh sé, sí‡‡; mbiathóchadh sé, sí^†‡‡	bhiathóimis; bhiathódh muid; bhiathóchaimis^†; bhiathóchadh muid^† / mbiathóimis‡‡; mbiathódh muid‡‡; mbiathóchaimis^†‡‡; mbiathóchadh muid^†‡‡	bhiathódh sibh; bhiathóchadh sibh^† / mbiathódh sibh‡‡; mbiathóchadh sibh^†‡‡	bhiathóidís; bhiathódh siad; bhiathóchadh siad^† / mbiathóidís‡‡; mbiathódh siad‡‡; mbiathóchadh siad^†‡‡	a bhiathódh; a bhiathóchadh^† / ar bhiathódh; ar bhiathóchadh^†	bhiathófaí; bhiathóchthaí^† / mbiathófaí‡‡; mbiathóchthaí^†‡‡
subjunctive	present	go mbiathaí mé; go mbiathaíod^†	go mbiathaí tú; go mbiathaír^†	go mbiathaí sé, sí	go mbiathaímid; go mbiathaí muid	go mbiathaí sibh	go mbiathaí siad; go mbiathaíd^†	—	go mbiathaítear
subjunctive	past	dá mbiathaínn	dá mbiathaíteá	dá mbiathaíodh sé, sí	dá mbiathaímis; dá mbiathaíodh muid	dá mbiathaíodh sibh	dá mbiathaídís; dá mbiathaíodh siad	—	dá mbiathaítí
imperative		biathaím	biathaigh	biathaíodh sé, sí	biathaímis	biathaígí; biathaídh^†	biathaídís	—	biathaítear
verbal noun		biathú
past participle		biathaithe

* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
‡‡ Dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Synonyms

beathaigh

Related terms

bia (“food”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
biathaigh	bhiathaigh	mbiathaigh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"biathaigh" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“1 bíathaid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
“bíathaigid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
“biad” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.