# bás
## Faroese
### Noun

bás
* accusative/genitive singular of básur

## Icelandic
### Etymology

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

### Noun

bás m (genitive singular báss, nominative plural básar)
* pen, fold (enclosure for cattle)
* booth (seating area)
* stall (at a market)

#### Declension
### 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: /bˠɑːsˠ/
* (Ulster) IPA: /bˠaːsˠ/

### Noun

bás m (genitive singular báis, nominative plural básanna)
* 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

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

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

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 bás”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 72, page 38

### 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: /baːs/

### Noun

bás m
* death

#### Derived terms

* úathbás (“horror”)

#### Descendants

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

### Mutation

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: /baːs/

### Noun

bás n
* 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$^d$7
    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 | bás$^N$ | bás$^N$ | bás$^L$, bása |
| Vocative | bás$^N$ | bás$^N$ | bás$^L$, bása |
| Accusative | bás$^N$ | bás$^N$ | bás$^L$, bása |
| Genitive | báis$^L$ | bás | bás$^N$ |
| Dative | bás$^L$ | 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

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

### References

* ↑ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*bāsto-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 59

### 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: /ˈba(j)s/ [ˈba(ɪ̯)s]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈba(j)s/ [ˈba(ɪ̯)s]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈba(j)ʃ/ [ˈba(ɪ̯)ʃ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈbaʃ/
* Rhymes: (Brazil) -as, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -aʃ, (Brazil) -ajs, (Rio de Janeiro) -ajʃ
* Hyphenation: bás

### Noun

bás
* plural of bá

## Wiyot
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /βás/
* Hyphenation: bás

### Noun

bás
* fire

### References

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