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Words for life<\/strong> and related things in Celtic languages<\/p>\n

Words marked with a * are reconstructions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Proto-Celtic<\/th>\n*biwot\u016bts<\/strong> = life<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc)<\/th>\nbetha<\/strong> = life, lifetime, existence, sustenance
\nbethamnas<\/strong> = life, livelihood
\nar\u00b7beir<\/strong> = to live<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg)<\/th>\nbetha<\/strong> = life, to be alive; living, livelihood; food sustenance, property, estate
\nbethadach<\/strong> = animal, creature
\nbethaigid<\/strong> = to quicken, animate, feed, nourish, support
\nbethamain<\/strong> = nourishment
\nuisce beatha(d), uisge beatha<\/strong> = whiskey<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\nbeatha<\/strong> [\u02c8b\u02b2ah\u0259] = life, to be alive; living, livelihood; food sustenance, property, estate
\nbeathachruth<\/strong> = life form
\nbeathaigh<\/strong> = to feed, nourish, rear
\nbeathaithe<\/strong> = fat, well-fed
\nbeath\u00fa<\/strong> = feeding, nourishment, living, culture
\nbeath\u00fail<\/strong> = nourishing
\nuisce-beatha<\/strong> = whiskey<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Scottish Gaelic (G\u00e0idhlig)<\/th>\nbeatha<\/strong> [b\u025bh\u0259] = life, existence; victuals, food; livelihood; welcome, salutation
\nbeathach<\/strong> [b\u025bh\u0259x] = animal, beast, head of cattle, brute
\nbeathachadh<\/strong> [b\u025bh\u0259x\u0259\u0263] = living, feeding, nourishing
\nbeathachail<\/strong> [b\u025bh\u0259xal] = nutritious, nutritional
\nbeathachair<\/strong> [b\u025bh\u0259x\u025br\u02b2] = animator
\nbeathadach<\/strong> [b\u025bh\u0259d\u0259x] = animate
\nbeathalachd<\/strong> [b\u025bh\u0259l\u032a\u02e0\u0259xg] = liveliness, vitality
\nuisge-beatha<\/strong> [\u026f\u0283g\u02b2\u0259\u02c8b\u025bh\u0259] = whisky<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Manx (Gaelg)<\/th>\nbea<\/strong> = animation, life, lifespan, vital (statistics)
\nbeaoil<\/strong> = moral, living
\nbeaghee<\/strong> = nutritious, edible
\nbeaghey<\/strong> = to feed, nourish, nurture, live, maintain; nourishment, foodstuffs, livelihood, nutrition, sustenance
\nushtey bea<\/strong> = whiskey<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Proto-Brythonic<\/th>\n*b\u00efw\u00efd<\/strong> = life<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Middle Welsh (Kymraec)<\/th>\nby\u1efdyt, bywyt, bowyt, bowyd<\/strong>= life, existence; liveliness; lifetime, living, livelihood, sustenance<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\nbywyd<\/strong> [\u02c8b\u0259u\u032f\u0268\u031ed\/\u02c8bou\u032f\u026ad] = life, existence; liveliness; lifetime, living, livelihood, sustenance; wealth, income; reward, gift
\nbywydaf, bywydu<\/strong> = to animate, quicken
\nbywydol<\/strong> = living, animate, lively, vital
\nbywydoldeb<\/strong> = life, animation, vitality
\nbywydus<\/strong> = full of life, lively, vigorous<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Middle Cornish (Cernewec)<\/th>\nbewnans, bewnas<\/strong> = life, existence<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cornish (Kernewek)<\/th>\nbewnans<\/strong> [‘b\u025b\u028anans] = life, living<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Middle Breton (Brezonec)<\/th>\nbuez, buhez<\/strong> = life, to live<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Breton (Brezhoneg)<\/th>\nbuhez<\/strong> [\u02c8by\u02d0e(z)] = life
\nbuhezegezh<\/strong> = vitality, morals, ethics
\nbuhezek<\/strong> = vital, full of vitality<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Etymology: from the Proto-Celtic *biwos<\/em> (alive, living, mortal), from Proto-Indo-European *g\u02b7ih\u2083w\u00f3s<\/em> (alive, living). Words from the same roots include words for food in Celtic languages<\/a>, biology<\/strong>, quick<\/strong>, vitality<\/strong> and zoo<\/strong> in English, vida<\/strong> (life) in Spanish, and vie<\/strong> (life) in French [source<\/a>].<\/p>\n

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Sources: Wiktionary<\/a>, Am Faclair Beag<\/a>, Online Manx Dictionary<\/a>, Teanglann.ie<\/a>, eDIL – Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language<\/a>, In D\u00fail B\u00e9lrai English – Old Irish glossary<\/a>, Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru<\/a>, Gerlyver Kernewek<\/a>, Lexicon Cornu-britannicum: A Dictionary of the Ancient Celtic Language of Cornwall<\/a>, Dictionaire Favereau<\/a>, TermOfis<\/a>, Le dictionnaire diachronique du breton<\/a>, Etymological Dictionary Of Proto Celtic<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Words for life and related things in Celtic languages Words marked with a * are reconstructions. Proto-Celtic *biwot\u016bts = life Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc) betha = life, lifetime, existence, sustenance bethamnas = life, livelihood ar\u00b7beir = to live Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg) betha = life, to be alive; living, livelihood; food sustenance, property, estate bethadach = animal, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,26,19,20,21,3,22,37,27,10,11,12,13,23,18,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breton","category-kernewek-cornish","category-english","category-etymology","category-gaeilge-irish","category-language","category-gaelg-manx","category-middle-irish","category-nouns","category-old-irish-goidelc","category-proto-brythonic","category-proto-celtic","category-proto-indo-european","category-gaidhlig-scottish-gaelic","category-cymraeg-welsh","category-words"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3791"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3791\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7738,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3791\/revisions\/7738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}