"beith" meaning in Scottish Gaelic

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Noun

IPA: /peh/ Forms: beithe [genitive, singular], beithean [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], beith [mutation, mutation-radical], bheith [lenition, mutation]
Etymology: From Proto-Celtic *betwiyos, *betuyā (“birch”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷet-. Etymology templates: {{inh|gd|cel-pro|*betwiyos}} Proto-Celtic *betwiyos, {{m|cel-pro|*betuyā||birch}} *betuyā (“birch”), {{inh|gd|ine-pro|*gʷet-}} Proto-Indo-European *gʷet- Head templates: {{head|gd|noun|||||||genitive singular|beithe|||||||plural|beithean||||||{{{pl4}}}|cat2=|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=p|f8accel-form=p|f9accel-form=p|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=}} beith f (genitive singular beithe, plural beithean), {{gd-noun|g=f|gen=beithe|pl=beithean}} beith f (genitive singular beithe, plural beithean) Inflection templates: {{gd-mut-cons|b|eith}}
  1. birch (tree) Tags: feminine Categories (lifeform): Trees
    Sense id: en-beith-gd-noun-LAOUEC2J Disambiguation of Trees: 74 26
  2. (obsolete) the letter B in the Gaelic alphabet Tags: feminine, obsolete Categories (topical): Ogham letter names
    Sense id: en-beith-gd-noun-cMkc6bEZ Disambiguation of Ogham letter names: 15 85 Categories (other): Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header: 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: beith bheag, beith bhog, beith dhubhach, beith luis nuin

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "beith bheag"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "beith bhog"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "beith dhubhach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "beith luis nuin"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*betwiyos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *betwiyos",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cel-pro",
        "2": "*betuyā",
        "3": "",
        "4": "birch"
      },
      "expansion": "*betuyā (“birch”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*gʷet-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *gʷet-",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Celtic *betwiyos, *betuyā (“birch”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷet-.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "beithe",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beithean",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gd-mut-cons",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beith",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bheith",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "10": "beithe",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "plural",
        "18": "beithean",
        "19": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "20": "",
        "21": "",
        "22": "",
        "23": "",
        "24": "{{{pl4}}}",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "genitive singular",
        "cat2": "",
        "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": "p",
        "f8accel-form": "p",
        "f9accel-form": "p",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "beith f (genitive singular beithe, plural beithean)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "f",
        "gen": "beithe",
        "pl": "beithean"
      },
      "expansion": "beith f (genitive singular beithe, plural beithean)",
      "name": "gd-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "b",
        "2": "eith"
      },
      "name": "gd-mut-cons"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
  "lang_code": "gd",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "74 26",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "gd",
          "name": "Trees",
          "orig": "gd:Trees",
          "parents": [
            "Plants",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "birch (tree)"
      ],
      "id": "en-beith-gd-noun-LAOUEC2J",
      "links": [
        [
          "birch",
          "birch"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "3 97",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 85",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "gd",
          "name": "Ogham letter names",
          "orig": "gd:Ogham letter names",
          "parents": [
            "Letter names",
            "Letters, symbols, and punctuation",
            "Names",
            "Orthography",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Writing",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Language",
            "Lemmas",
            "Human",
            "Communication"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the letter B in the Gaelic alphabet"
      ],
      "id": "en-beith-gd-noun-cMkc6bEZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "B",
          "B"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) the letter B in the Gaelic alphabet"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/peh/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "beith"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Scottish Gaelic feminine nouns",
    "Scottish Gaelic lemmas",
    "Scottish Gaelic nouns",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "gd-noun 2",
    "gd:Ogham letter names",
    "gd:Trees"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "beith bheag"
    },
    {
      "word": "beith bhog"
    },
    {
      "word": "beith dhubhach"
    },
    {
      "word": "beith luis nuin"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*betwiyos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *betwiyos",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cel-pro",
        "2": "*betuyā",
        "3": "",
        "4": "birch"
      },
      "expansion": "*betuyā (“birch”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*gʷet-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *gʷet-",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Celtic *betwiyos, *betuyā (“birch”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷet-.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "beithe",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beithean",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gd-mut-cons",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beith",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bheith",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "10": "beithe",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "plural",
        "18": "beithean",
        "19": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "20": "",
        "21": "",
        "22": "",
        "23": "",
        "24": "{{{pl4}}}",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "genitive singular",
        "cat2": "",
        "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": "p",
        "f8accel-form": "p",
        "f9accel-form": "p",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "beith f (genitive singular beithe, plural beithean)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "f",
        "gen": "beithe",
        "pl": "beithean"
      },
      "expansion": "beith f (genitive singular beithe, plural beithean)",
      "name": "gd-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "b",
        "2": "eith"
      },
      "name": "gd-mut-cons"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
  "lang_code": "gd",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "birch (tree)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "birch",
          "birch"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Scottish Gaelic terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the letter B in the Gaelic alphabet"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "B",
          "B"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) the letter B in the Gaelic alphabet"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/peh/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "beith"
}

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