bás

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bas"

Faroese

Noun

bás

1. accusative/genitive singular of básur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse báss, from Proto-Germanic *bansaz.

Noun

bás m (genitive singular báss, nominative plural básar)

1. pen, fold (enclosure for cattle)
2. booth (seating area)
3. stall (at a market)

Declension

Declension of bás (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bás	básinn	básar	básarnir
accusative	bás	básinn	bása	básana
dative	bás, bási	básnum	básum	básunum
genitive	báss	bássins	bása	básanna

Further reading

• “bás” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

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

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /bˠɑːsˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /bˠaːsˠ/

Noun

bás m (genitive singular báis, nominative plural básanna)

1. death

   Nuair a thiocfas an bás ní imeoidh sé folamh. (proverb)

   When death comes he won’t leave empty-handed.

   Níl neart ar an mbás (ach pósadh arís). (proverb)

   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”)
• caidhp bháis

Mutation

Mutated forms of bás

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bás	bhás	mbás

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bás”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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

Derived terms

• úathbás (“horror”)

Descendants

• Irish: bás
• Manx: baase
• Scottish Gaelic: bàs

Mutation

Mutation of bás

radical	lenition	nasalization
bás	bás pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/	mbás

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 bás”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *bāstom, bāssom, from either Proto-Indo-European *gʷeh₂- (“to go”) or *(s)gʷes- (“to extinguish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baːs/

Noun

bás n

1. verbal noun of baïd (“to die”): death
   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 73^d7

     Ná eiplet húan bás coitchen húa n‑epil cách, acht foircniter húa sain-bás sech cách.

     Let them not die by the common death by which everyone dies, but let them be ended by a special death different from everyone.

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	básN	básN	básL, bása
Vocative	básN	básN	básL, bása
Accusative	básN	básN	básL, bása
Genitive	báisL	bás	básN
Dative	básL	básaib	básaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Middle Irish: bás
  • Irish: bás
  • Manx: baase
  • Scottish Gaelic: bàs

Mutation

Mutation of bás

radical	lenition	nasalization
bás	bás pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/	mbás

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 bás”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈba(j)s/ [ˈba(ɪ̯)s]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈba(j)s/ [ˈba(ɪ̯)s]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈba(j)ʃ/ [ˈba(ɪ̯)ʃ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbaʃ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -as, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -aʃ, (Brazil) -ajs, (Rio de Janeiro) -ajʃ
• Hyphenation: bás

Noun

bás

1. plural of bá

Wiyot

Bás.

Etymology

From Proto-Algic *mehše. Cognates include Yurok mech and Ojibwe mishi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /βás/
• Hyphenation: bás

Noun

bás

1. fire

References

• Karl V. Teeter (1964) The Wiyot Language, University of California press, page 48