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
  • "bás" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “1 bás” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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

Descendants

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
  • “1 bás” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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. death
  2. verbal noun of baïd (“to die”)

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

Derived terms

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
  • “1 bás” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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