biathaigh

Irish

Alternative forms

biadhthaigh (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish bíathaid, bíathaigid, bíadaid (“feeds, nourishes; supports”), from biad n (“food”).

Verb

biathaigh (present analytic biathaíonn, future analytic biathóidh, verbal noun biathú, past participle biathaithe)

(transitive) feed, nourish
(transitive) shower

Conjugation

Conjugation of *biathaigh* (second conjugation)
indicative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
indicative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	biathaím	biathaíonn tú; biathaír^†	biathaíonn sé, sí	biathaímid; biathaíonn muid	biathaíonn sibh	biathaíonn siad; biathaíd^†	a bhiathaíonn; a bhiathaíos	biathaítear
past	bhiathaigh mé; bhiathaíos	bhiathaigh tú; bhiathaís	bhiathaigh sé, sí	bhiathaíomar; bhiathaigh muid	bhiathaigh sibh; bhiathaíobhair	bhiathaigh siad; bhiathaíodar	a bhiathaigh	biathaíodh
past habitual	bhiathaínn / biathaínn^‡	bhiathaíteá / biathaíteá^‡	bhiathaíodh sé, sí / biathaíodh sé, sí^‡	bhiathaímis; bhiathaíodh muid / biathaímis^‡; biathaíodh muid^‡	bhiathaíodh sibh / biathaíodh sibh^‡	bhiathaídís; bhiathaíodh / biathaídís^‡; biathaíodh siad^‡	a bhiathaíodh	bhiathaítí / biathaítí^‡

	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
future	biathóidh mé; biathód; biathóchaidh mé^†	biathóidh tú; biathóir^†; biathóchaidh tú^†	biathóidh sé, sí; biathóchaidh sé, sí^†	biathóimid; biathóidh muid; biathóchaimid^†; biathóchaidh muid^†	biathóidh sibh; biathóchaidh sibh^†	biathóidh siad; biathóid^†; biathóchaidh siad^†	a bhiathóidh; a bhiathós; a bhiathóchaidh^†; a bhiathóchas^†	biathófar; biathóchar^†
conditional	bhiathóinn; bhiathóchainn^† / biathóinn^‡; biathóchainn^†^‡	bhiathófá; bhiathóchthá^† / biathófá^‡; biathóchthá^†^‡	bhiathódh sé, sí; bhiathóchadh sé, sí^† / biathódh sé, sí^‡; biathóchadh sé, sí^†^‡	bhiathóimis; bhiathódh muid; bhiathóchaimis^†; bhiathóchadh muid^† / biathóimis^‡; biathódh muid^‡; biathóchaimis^†^‡; biathóchadh muid^†^‡	bhiathódh sibh; bhiathóchadh sibh^† / biathódh sibh^‡; biathóchadh sibh^†^‡	bhiathóidís; bhiathódh siad; bhiathóchaidís^†; bhiathóchadh siad^† / biathóidís^‡; biathódh siad^‡; biathóchaidís^†^‡; biathóchadh siad^†^‡	a bhiathódh; a bhiathóchadh^†	bhiathófaí; bhiathóchthaí^† / biathófaí^‡; biathóchthaí^†^‡

subjunctive	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
subjunctive	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	go mbiathaí mé; go mbiathaíod^†	go mbiathaí tú; go mbiathaír^†	go mbiathaí sé, sí	go mbiathaímid; go mbiathaí muid	go mbiathaí sibh	go mbiathaí siad; go mbiathaíd^†	—	go mbiathaítear
past	dá mbiathaínn	dá mbiathaíteá	dá mbiathaíodh sé, sí	dá mbiathaímis; dá mbiathaíodh muid	dá mbiathaíodh sibh	dá mbiathaídís; dá mbiathaíodh siad	—	dá mbiathaítí

imperative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
imperative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
—	biathaím	biathaigh	biathaíodh sé, sí	biathaímis	biathaígí; biathaídh^†	biathaídís	—	biathaítear

past participle	biathaithe

verbal noun	biathú

^† archaic or dialect form
^‡ dependent form

Synonyms

beathaigh

Related terms

bia (“food”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *biathaigh*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
biathaigh	bhiathaigh	mbiathaigh

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “biathaigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 bíathaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bíathaigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “biad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language