bheith

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vʲɛ(h)/

Noun

bheith

1. verbal noun of bí

Verb

bheith

1. Lenited form of beith.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bheith”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “bheith”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 40
• “bheith”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 72

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

bheith

1. Lenited form of beith.

Mutation

Mutation of beith

radical	lenition
beith	bheith

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