bàthach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Originally bà-theach, from bà +‎ teach, literally “cow’s house”.

Pronunciation

  • (Outer Hebrides) IPA(key): /ˈb̥aːhəx/[1]
  • (Skye) IPA(key): /ˈb̥aːhax/[2]
  • (Wester Ross) IPA(key): /ˈb̥aːjhɔx/[3]

Noun

bàthach m or f (genitive singular bàthaich or bàthcha, plural bàthaichean or bàthchannan)

  1. byre, cowshed

Declension

Masculine declension:

Declension of bàthach (type I masculine noun)
indefinite
singular plural
nominative bàthach bàthaichean
genitive bàthaich bhàthaichean
dative bàthach bàthaichean; bàthaichibh1
definite
singular plural
nominative (am) bàthach (na) bàthaichean
genitive (a') bhàthaich (nam) bàthaichean
dative (a') bhàthach (na) bàthaichean; bàthaichibh1
vocative bhàthaich bhàthaichean; bhàthaichean

1 obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Feminine declension:

Declension of bàthach (type Vc feminine noun)
indefinite
singular plural
nominative bàthach bàthchannan
genitive bàthcha bhàthchannan
dative bàthaich bàthchannan
definite
singular plural
nominative (a') bhàthach (na) bàthchannan
genitive (na) bàthcha (nam) bàthchannan
dative (a') bhàthaich (na) bàthchannan
vocative bhàthach bhàthchannan
  • Alternative genitive singular: bàthchadh (Southern Hebridean, Skye)

References

  1. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 178
  2. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 30
  3. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 93

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