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baist

baist

See also: Bäist

Irish

Verb

baist (present analytic baisteann, future analytic baistfidh, verbal noun baisteadh, past participle baiste)

  1. (transitive, Christianity) baptize
  2. (transitive) name
  3. (transitive) add water to

Conjugation

Related terms

  • baiste m (baptism)
  • baisteach m (baptist)
  • baisteachán m ((act of) nicknaming, calling names; abuse)
  • baistíoch m ((newly-)baptized person; Christian; living person)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
baist bhaist mbaist
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References


Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish baithsid, baitsid, baistid (baptises; blesses; names, confers (a name) on), from baithis, baithes, bathais (baptism), from Latin baptisma, from Ancient Greek βάπτισμα (báptisma).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baʃtʃ/

Verb

baist (past bhaist, future baistidh, verbal noun baisteadh, past participle baiste)

  1. (Christianity) baptize, christen

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
baist bhaist
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
  • bait(h)sid, baistid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.