Noun: beatha
Gender: Fem
Forms without Article
| Singular Nominative | beatha |
| Singular Genitive | beatha |
| Plural Nominative | beathaí |
| Plural Genitive | beathaí |
Forms with Article
| Singular Nominative | an bheatha |
| Singular Genitive | na beatha |
| Plural Nominative | na beathaí |
| Plural Genitive | na mbeathaí |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like beatha
athartha,
banaltra,
bantiarna,
bearna,
beatha,
ceárta,
comhla,
cora,
cuideachta,
cuma,
céadfa,
cónra,
dlúthchuideachta,
eachtra,
eagna,
eala,
easpa,
Feabhra,
labhra,
longcheárta, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-
3. Proto-Indo-European *-wós
4. Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós
5. Proto-Celtic *biwos
6. Proto-Celtic *-tūts
7. Proto-Celtic *biwotūts
8. Old Irish bethu
9. Irish beatha
10. From Middle Irish betha, from Old Irish bethu, from Proto-Celtic *biwotūts (compare Welsh bywyd), from *biwos from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós (“alive”) (compare Latin vīta, Ancient Greek βίοτος (bíotos), Old Church Slavonic животъ (životŭ, “life”), Lithuanian gyvatà (“life”), Sanskrit जीवित (jīvitá), Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬊 (gaiio, “life”) (accusative 𐬘𐬌𐬌𐬁𐬙𐬎𐬨 (jiiātum))), from *gʷeyh₃-w- (“to live”). See: Latin Nouns '
vīta', Ancient Greek Nouns '
βίοτος'.
Verbs referencing "beatha"
Latin Nouns
vita, English Nouns
usquebaugh.
Translations