biadh

Irish

Noun

biadh m (genitive singular bídh, nominative plural biadha)

1. Superseded spelling of bia.

Usage notes

• This noun was formerly a first-declension noun with nominative plural biadha or biadhanna.

Declension

Declension of biadh (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative biadh biadha vocative a bhídh a bhiadha genitive bídh biadh dative biadh biadha forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an biadh na biadha genitive an bhídh na mbiadh dative leis an mbiadh don bhiadh leis na biadha

Mutation

Mutated forms of biadh

radical	lenition	eclipsis
biadh	bhiadh	mbiadh

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish bíad (compare Irish bia).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b̥iəɣ/

Noun

biadh m (genitive singular bìdh, plural biadhan)

1. food, meal

   Dh’ullaich mi biadh. ― I prepared a meal.

Inflection

• Alternative genitive singular: bidhe, bèidh, bithidh, beidhe

Derived terms

• blasad-bìdh
• cairt-bidhe
• clàr-bìdhe
• seòmar-bìdh
• taigh-bìdh