bathais

Irish

Noun

bathais f (genitive singular bathaise, nominative plural bathaisí)

1. alternative form of baithis (“top, crown (of head)”)

Declension

Declension of bathais (second declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative bathais bathaisí vocative a bhathais a bhathaisí genitive bathaise bathaisí dative bathais bathaisí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an bhathais na bathaisí genitive na bathaise na mbathaisí dative leis an mbathais don bhathais leis na bathaisí

Mutation

Mutated forms of bathais

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bathais	bhathais	mbathais

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish baithes (“baptism; crown of the head”) (compare Irish baithis), from Latin baptisma, from Ancient Greek βάπτισμα (báptisma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpahɪʃ/

Noun

bathais f (genitive singular bathaise, plural bathaisean)

1. (anatomy) brow, forehead
2. cheek (impudence)

Mutation

Mutation of bathais

radical	lenition
bathais	bhathais

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911), “bathais”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “baithis, baithes, bathais”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language