báisteach

Irish
Báisteach

Etymology

From Old Irish baistech, from the root baiste ('baptism').

Pronunciation

Noun

báisteach f (genitive singular báistí)

  1. verbal noun of báistigh
  2. rain (condensed water from a cloud); rainfall

Declension
Declension of báisteach

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Vocative a bháisteach
Genitive báistí
Dative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
báistigh (archaic, dialectal)

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an bháisteach
Genitive na báistí
Dative leis an mbáisteach
leis an mbáistigh (archaic, dialectal)

don bháisteach
don bháistigh (archaic, dialectal)

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Further reading
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