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

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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