beathaigh
Irish
    
    Etymology 1
    
From Old Irish bethaigid (“quickens, animates; feeds, nourishes; supports; sustains, supports, confirms”); surface analysis beatha (“life”) + -igh.
Verb
    
beathaigh (present analytic beathaíonn, future analytic beathóidh, verbal noun beathú, past participle beathaithe)
Conjugation
    
Second Conjugation
| singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
| indicative | present | beathaím | beathaíonn tú; beathaír† | beathaíonn sé, sí | beathaímid; beathaíonn muid | beathaíonn sibh | beathaíonn siad; beathaíd† | a bheathaíonn; a bheathaíos / a mbeathaíonn*; a mbeathaíos* | beathaítear | 
| past | bheathaigh mé; bheathaíos | bheathaigh tú; bheathaís | bheathaigh sé, sí | bheathaíomar; bheathaigh muid | bheathaigh sibh; bheathaíobhair | bheathaigh siad; bheathaíodar | a bheathaigh / ar bheathaigh* | beathaíodh | |
| past habitual | bheathaínn / mbeathaínn‡‡ | bheathaíteá / mbeathaíteᇇ | bheathaíodh sé, sí / mbeathaíodh sé, s퇇 | bheathaímis; bheathaíodh muid / mbeathaímis‡‡; mbeathaíodh muid‡‡ | bheathaíodh sibh / mbeathaíodh sibh‡‡ | bheathaídís; bheathaíodh siad / mbeathaídís‡‡; mbeathaíodh siad‡‡ | a bheathaíodh / a mbeathaíodh* | bheathaítí / mbeathaít퇇 | |
| future | beathóidh mé; beathód; beathóchaidh mé† | beathóidh tú; beathóir†; beathóchaidh tú† | beathóidh sé, sí; beathóchaidh sé, sí† | beathóimid; beathóidh muid; beathóchaimid†; beathóchaidh muid† | beathóidh sibh; beathóchaidh sibh† | beathóidh siad; beathóid†; beathóchaidh siad† | a bheathóidh; a bheathós; a bheathóchaidh†; a bheathóchas† / a mbeathóidh*; a mbeathós*; a mbeathóchaidh*†; a mbeathóchas*† | beathófar; beathóchar† | |
| conditional | bheathóinn; bheathóchainn† / mbeathóinn‡‡; mbeathóchainn†‡‡ | bheathófá; bheathóchthᆠ/ mbeathófᇇ; mbeathóchthᆇ‡ | bheathódh sé, sí; bheathóchadh sé, sí† / mbeathódh sé, s퇇; mbeathóchadh sé, s톇‡ | bheathóimis; bheathódh muid; bheathóchaimis†; bheathóchadh muid† / mbeathóimis‡‡; mbeathódh muid‡‡; mbeathóchaimis†‡‡; mbeathóchadh muid†‡‡ | bheathódh sibh; bheathóchadh sibh† / mbeathódh sibh‡‡; mbeathóchadh sibh†‡‡ | bheathóidís; bheathódh siad; bheathóchadh siad† / mbeathóidís‡‡; mbeathódh siad‡‡; mbeathóchadh siad†‡‡ | a bheathódh; a bheathóchadh† / a mbeathódh*; a mbeathóchadh*† | bheathófaí; bheathóchthaí† / mbeathófa퇇; mbeathóchtha톇‡ | |
| subjunctive | present | go mbeathaí mé; go mbeathaíod† | go mbeathaí tú; go mbeathaír† | go mbeathaí sé, sí | go mbeathaímid; go mbeathaí muid | go mbeathaí sibh | go mbeathaí siad; go mbeathaíd† | — | go mbeathaítear | 
| past | dá mbeathaínn | dá mbeathaíteá | dá mbeathaíodh sé, sí | dá mbeathaímis; dá mbeathaíodh muid | dá mbeathaíodh sibh | dá mbeathaídís; dá mbeathaíodh siad | — | dá mbeathaítí | |
| imperative | beathaím | beathaigh | beathaíodh sé, sí | beathaímis | beathaígí; beathaídh† | beathaídís | — | beathaítear | |
| verbal noun | beathú | ||||||||
| past participle | beathaithe | ||||||||
* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
‡‡ Dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Derived terms
    
- beathaitheach
- beathaitheoir
Further reading
    
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “beathaigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “bethaigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “beathaigh” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “beathaigh” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Etymology 2
    
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Etymology 3
    
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
    
beathaigh
- inflection of beathach:
- masculine vocative/genitive singular
- (archaic, dialectal) feminine dative singular
 
Mutation
    
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis | 
| beathaigh | bheathaigh | mbeathaigh | 
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
    
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 70
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