bàs
See also: Appendix:Variations of "bas"
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle Irish bás, from Old Irish bás, from Proto-Celtic *bāstom, from either Proto-Indo-European *gʷeh₂- (“to go”) or *(s)gʷes- (“to extinguish”); compare the verb baid (“to die”). Cognates include Irish bás and Manx baase.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paːs̪/
- Hyphenation: bàs
Noun
bàs m (genitive singular bàis, plural bàsan)
- death, demise
Synonyms
- caochladh
Derived terms
- anart-bàis
- bàsaich
- campa bàis
- iomradh-bàis
See also
- marbh
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| bàs | bhàs |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “bàs”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Colin Mark (2003), “bàs”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 63
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 bás”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language