bás

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bas"

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish bás, from Old Irish bás, from Proto-Celtic *bāstom, bāssom, from either Proto-Indo-European *gʷeh₂- (“to go”) or *(s)gʷes- (“to extinguish”).

Pronunciation

Noun

bás m (genitive singular báis, nominative plural básanna)

  1. death
    Proverb: Nuair a thiocfas an bás ní imeoidh sé folamh. ― When death comes he won’t leave empty-handed.
    Proverb: Níl neart ar an mbás (ach pósadh arís). ― There is no cure for death (but to marry again).

Declension
Declension of bás

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative bás básanna
Vocative a bháis a bhásanna
Genitive báis básanna
Dative bás básanna

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an bás na básanna
Genitive an bháis na mbásanna
Dative leis an mbás

don bhás

 leis na básanna

Derived terms
  • faigh bás (“die”, verb, literally “find death”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bás bhás mbás
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish bás, from Proto-Celtic *bāstom, bāssom, from either Proto-Indo-European *gʷeh₂- (“to go”) or *(s)gʷes- (“to extinguish”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /baːs/

Noun

bás m

  1. death

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Irish: bás
  • Manx: baase
  • Scottish Gaelic: bàs

Mutation
Middle Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
básbás
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/		mbás
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *bāstom, bāssom, from either Proto-Indo-European *gʷeh₂- (“to go”) or *(s)gʷes- (“to extinguish”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /baːs/

Noun

bás n

  1. verbal noun of baïd (“to die”): death
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 73d7
      Ná eiplet húan bás coitchen húa n‑epil cách, acht foircniter húa sain-bás sech cách.
      Let them not die by the common death by which everyone dies, but let them be ended by a special death different from everyone.

Inflection
Neuter o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative básN básN básL, bása
Vocative básN básN básL, bása
Accusative básN básN básL, bása
Genitive báisL bás básN
Dative básL básaib básaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
bás bás
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/		 mbás
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*bāsto-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 59

Further reading

Portuguese

Pronunciation
 

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -as, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -aʃ, (Brazil) -ajs, (Rio de Janeiro) -ajʃ
  • Hyphenation: bás

Noun

bás

  1. plural of bá

Wiyot
Bás.

Etymology

From Proto-Algic *mehše. Cognates include Yurok mech and Ojibwe mishi.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /βás/
  • Hyphenation: bás

Noun

bás

  1. fire

References
  • Karl V. Teeter (1964) The Wiyot Language, University of California press, page 48
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