bàth

See also: bath, Bath, baþ, bað, and Ba'th

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish báidid, from Proto-Celtic *bādīti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paː/

Verb

bàth (past bhàth, future bàthaidh, verbal noun bàthadh, past participle bàthte)

1. (transitive) drown
2. (transitive) drown out

Usage notes

• Only used transitively:

  Bhàth e e fhèin. ― He drowned. (literally He drowned himself.)

Welsh

Bath

Alternative forms

• bath

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baθ/
• Rhymes: -aθ

Etymology 1

From English bath.

Noun

bàth m (plural baths)

1. bath (bathtub)

   Mae Marc yn y bath.

   Marc is in the bath.

2. bath (act of washing)

   Mae Marc yn cael bath.

   Marc is having a bath.

Etymology 2

From Hebrew בַּת or English bath.

Noun

bàth m (plural baths)

1. bath (ancient unit of liquid volume)

Mutation

Mutated forms of bàth

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
bàth	fàth	màth	unchanged

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

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “bàth”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies