bàth

See also: bath, Bath, baþ, bað, and Ba'th

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish báidid, from Proto-Celtic *bādīti.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /paː/

Verb

bàth (past bhàth, future bàthaidh, verbal noun bàthadh, past participle bàthte)

  1. (transitive) drown
  2. (transitive) drown out

Usage notes
  • Only used transitively:
    Bhàth e e fhèin. ― He drowned. (literally He drowned himself.)

Welsh
Bath

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /baθ/
  • Rhymes: -aθ

Etymology 1

From English bath.

Noun

bàth m (plural baths)

  1. bath (bathtub)
    Mae Marc yn y bath.
    Marc is in the bath.
  2. bath (act of washing)
    Mae Marc yn cael bath.
    Marc is having a bath.

Etymology 2

From Hebrew בַּת or English bath.

Noun

bàth m (plural baths)

  1. bath (ancient unit of liquid volume)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
bàth fàth màth unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “bàth”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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