fo bíth
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Old Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From fo (“under”) + bíth (obsolete verbal noun of benaid (“to strike”)), literally “under the stroke of”.
Preposition[edit]
Conjunction[edit]
fo bíth (followed by an independent relative verb)
- because, since
- c. 850 Glosses on the Carlsruhe Beda, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 10–30, Bcr. 18d2
- Absidias .i. circulos .i. fu bíth do·ṅgníat cercol ocond ocbáil.
- Name for the depths [?] wherein is the rising up to the constellation. Absidias, i.e. circulos, because they make a circle in the rising.
- c. 850 Glosses on the Carlsruhe Beda, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 10–30, Bcr. 18d2
Synonyms[edit]
For synonyms, see Thesaurus:sga:ar.
Further reading[edit]
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “fo bíth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language