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)

  1. death, demise (particularly of an animal)

Usage notes
  • Many speakers would only use this term to refer to animal death, with caochladh or siubhal preferred for people.

Synonyms

Derived terms

See also

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
bàsbhàs
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
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