"beathach" meaning in Scottish Gaelic

See beathach in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈb̥ehəx/ (note: Lewis, Coigach), /ˈb̥ehax/ (note: Lewis, Coigach), /ˈb̥e̯o.əx/ (note: Uist, Strath; corresponding to the form beothach), /ˈb̥ɛ̯o.əx/ (note: Uist, Strath; corresponding to the form beothach), /ˈb̥ɛ̯ohəx/ (note: Uist, Strath; corresponding to the form beothach), /ˈb̥ehux/ (note: Barra, much of Skye, Tiree, Mull), /ˈb̥ehɔx/ (note: Wester Ross), /ˈb̥ehux/ (note: Wester Ross), /ˈb̥ɛ.ɑx/ (note: South Argyll), [ˈb̥ɛʔɑx] (note: South Argyll) Forms: beathaich [genitive, singular], beathaichean [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], beathach [mutation, mutation-radical], bheathach [lenition, mutation], beòthach [alternative], beothach [alternative], beitheach [alternative]
Etymology: From Old Irish bethach, a variant of bethadach (“animal; creature”) (whence Irish beithíoch), from bethu, Middle Irish betha (“life”) + -ach. Etymology templates: {{inh|gd|sga|bethach}} Old Irish bethach, {{cog|ga|beithíoch}} Irish beithíoch, {{der|gd|mga|betha|t=life}} Middle Irish betha (“life”), {{af|gd|-ach|pos=noun}} -ach Head templates: {{head|gd|noun|||||||genitive singular|beathaich|||||||||plural|beathaichean||||||{{{pl4}}}|||cat2=|f10accel-form=p|f11accel-form=genpl|f1accel-form=dat|s|f2accel-form=dat|s|f3accel-form=dat|s|f4accel-form=gen|s|f5accel-form=gen|s|f6accel-form=gen|s|f7accel-form=gen|s|f8accel-form=p|f9accel-form=p|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} beathach m (genitive singular beathaich, plural beathaichean), {{gd-noun|g=m|gen=beathaich|pl=beathaichean}} beathach m (genitive singular beathaich, plural beathaichean)
  1. beast, brute, animal Tags: masculine Synonyms: ainmhidh Related terms: beatha

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "bethach",
      "bethach#Old_Irish"
    ],
    [
      "bethadach",
      "bethadach#Old_Irish"
    ],
    [
      "beithíoch",
      "beithíoch#Irish"
    ],
    [
      "bethu",
      "bethu#Old_Irish"
    ],
    [
      "betha",
      "betha#Middle_Irish"
    ],
    [
      "-ach",
      "-ach#Scottish_Gaelic"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "bethach"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish bethach",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "beithíoch"
      },
      "expansion": "Irish beithíoch",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "mga",
        "3": "betha",
        "t": "life"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Irish betha (“life”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "-ach",
        "pos": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "-ach",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish bethach, a variant of bethadach (“animal; creature”) (whence Irish beithíoch), from bethu, Middle Irish betha (“life”) + -ach.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "beathaich",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beathaichean",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beathach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bheathach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beòthach",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beothach",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beitheach",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "10": "beathaich",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "",
        "18": "",
        "19": "plural",
        "2": "noun",
        "20": "beathaichean",
        "21": "",
        "22": "",
        "23": "",
        "24": "",
        "25": "",
        "26": "{{{pl4}}}",
        "27": "",
        "28": "",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "genitive singular",
        "cat2": "",
        "f10accel-form": "p",
        "f11accel-form": "genpl",
        "f1accel-form": "dat|s",
        "f2accel-form": "dat|s",
        "f3accel-form": "dat|s",
        "f4accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f5accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f6accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f7accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f8accel-form": "p",
        "f9accel-form": "p",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "beathach m (genitive singular beathaich, plural beathaichean)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "gen": "beathaich",
        "pl": "beathaichean"
      },
      "expansion": "beathach m (genitive singular beathaich, plural beathaichean)",
      "name": "gd-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
  "lang_code": "gd",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Scottish Gaelic nouns suffixed with -ach",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "beast, brute, animal"
      ],
      "id": "en-beathach-gd-noun-enigpf6x",
      "links": [
        [
          "beast",
          "beast"
        ],
        [
          "brute",
          "brute"
        ],
        [
          "animal",
          "animal"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "beatha"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ainmhidh"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈb̥ehəx/",
      "note": "Lewis, Coigach"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈb̥ehax/",
      "note": "Lewis, Coigach"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈb̥e̯o.əx/",
      "note": "Uist, Strath; corresponding to the form beothach"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈb̥ɛ̯o.əx/",
      "note": "Uist, Strath; corresponding to the form beothach"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈb̥ɛ̯ohəx/",
      "note": "Uist, Strath; corresponding to the form beothach"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈb̥ehux/",
      "note": "Barra, much of Skye, Tiree, Mull"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈb̥ehɔx/",
      "note": "Wester Ross"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈb̥ehux/",
      "note": "Wester Ross"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈb̥ɛ.ɑx/",
      "note": "South Argyll"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈb̥ɛʔɑx]",
      "note": "South Argyll"
    }
  ],
  "word": "beathach"
}
{
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "bethach",
      "bethach#Old_Irish"
    ],
    [
      "bethadach",
      "bethadach#Old_Irish"
    ],
    [
      "beithíoch",
      "beithíoch#Irish"
    ],
    [
      "bethu",
      "bethu#Old_Irish"
    ],
    [
      "betha",
      "betha#Middle_Irish"
    ],
    [
      "-ach",
      "-ach#Scottish_Gaelic"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "bethach"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish bethach",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "beithíoch"
      },
      "expansion": "Irish beithíoch",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "mga",
        "3": "betha",
        "t": "life"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Irish betha (“life”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "-ach",
        "pos": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "-ach",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish bethach, a variant of bethadach (“animal; creature”) (whence Irish beithíoch), from bethu, Middle Irish betha (“life”) + -ach.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "beathaich",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beathaichean",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beathach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bheathach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beòthach",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beothach",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beitheach",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "10": "beathaich",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "",
        "18": "",
        "19": "plural",
        "2": "noun",
        "20": "beathaichean",
        "21": "",
        "22": "",
        "23": "",
        "24": "",
        "25": "",
        "26": "{{{pl4}}}",
        "27": "",
        "28": "",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "genitive singular",
        "cat2": "",
        "f10accel-form": "p",
        "f11accel-form": "genpl",
        "f1accel-form": "dat|s",
        "f2accel-form": "dat|s",
        "f3accel-form": "dat|s",
        "f4accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f5accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f6accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f7accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f8accel-form": "p",
        "f9accel-form": "p",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "beathach m (genitive singular beathaich, plural beathaichean)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "gen": "beathaich",
        "pl": "beathaichean"
      },
      "expansion": "beathach m (genitive singular beathaich, plural beathaichean)",
      "name": "gd-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
  "lang_code": "gd",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "beatha"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Scottish Gaelic lemmas",
        "Scottish Gaelic masculine nouns",
        "Scottish Gaelic nouns",
        "Scottish Gaelic nouns suffixed with -ach",
        "Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Middle Irish",
        "Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish",
        "Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Old Irish",
        "gd-noun 2"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "beast, brute, animal"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "beast",
          "beast"
        ],
        [
          "brute",
          "brute"
        ],
        [
          "animal",
          "animal"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ainmhidh"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈb̥ehəx/",
      "note": "Lewis, Coigach"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈb̥ehax/",
      "note": "Lewis, Coigach"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈb̥e̯o.əx/",
      "note": "Uist, Strath; corresponding to the form beothach"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈb̥ɛ̯o.əx/",
      "note": "Uist, Strath; corresponding to the form beothach"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈb̥ɛ̯ohəx/",
      "note": "Uist, Strath; corresponding to the form beothach"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈb̥ehux/",
      "note": "Barra, much of Skye, Tiree, Mull"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈb̥ehɔx/",
      "note": "Wester Ross"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈb̥ehux/",
      "note": "Wester Ross"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈb̥ɛ.ɑx/",
      "note": "South Argyll"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈb̥ɛʔɑx]",
      "note": "South Argyll"
    }
  ],
  "word": "beathach"
}

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