B (beiṫ, the birch tree), the
second letter of the Modern
Irish Alphabet.
t)', for bA or bux> ; gup 6'e, that it
was he.
t)A, v. irr., was. See if.
t)A, pi. of bo, a cow ; cows, kine.
t)AO, g. bAibe, pi. DAibeACA, /., a
baby ; a maiden (poet.) ; dim.
bAibi'n, a little baby ; a maiden.
t)AbAc, -bAije, a., sweet.
t)AbAcc, -A, /., sweetness.
t)AbAdc, -A, /., childishness, inno-
cence.
t)AbAil, -AlA, /., the catching of
eels by draining water ; bob-
bing.
t)A6Aim, -A-O, v. tr., I sweeten.
t)AbAn, -Ain, pi. id., m., a little
baby ; a tuft, a tassel, short bits
of thread.
t)AbAHAc, -Aije, a., tufted, having
tassels, fringed.
UAbAticA, indec. a., childish, inno-
cent.
t)Ab i 6un. See bA-ob-oun.
t)Abtoifi, -6tiA, -oittnie, m., a
babbler, a prater, gossip.
t)Ab65, -oire, -OJA, /., a little
baby ; a doll.
I)AC, -AIC, pi. id., ni., a stop, an
impediment ; a prop ; a pin, a
peg or crook ; a thole pin ; a
joint, a hook.
t>AC, g. bAic, m., a hob (Don.).
t)AC, g. bAice, /., a hob (Om.).
t)A6, -A, m., drunkenness ; a rout ;
a defeat.
I)ACAC, -AI, pi. id. aud -Aie, in.,
a lame man, a cripple, beggar ;
dim. bACACAti, id.
t)ACAc, -Aije, a., lame, halt ; de-
fective, imperfect ; jrAoifoiti
bACAd, an imperfect Confession
(of the Sacrament).
DACACA-O, -AITD and -6cA, TO., act of
maiming, laming, crippling.
bACA-6, -CCA, m., stoppage, a halt-
ing, a hindrance.
t>ACAi-6eAcc, -A, /., lameness.
t>ACAije, g. id., f., lameness.
tJACAil, -AtA, /., act of baking
(A*
t)ACAtm, id. bAC and bACAT), v. tr.
and intr., I hinder, prevent,
meddle with ; nA bAC teif,
never mind him, let him alone,
pay no heed to him, don't mind
that ; also, riA bAC f Ain, don't
mind that; tiA bAC e, don't
mind it.
bACAijte, g. id., pi. -jii-oe, m., a
drunkard.
t)AcAifteAcc, -A, /., constant touch-
ing, striking, or kicking ;
drunkenness.
t)ACAtt, -Aitl, p. id., m., a curl, a
ringlet ; a shepherd's crook, a
crozier, a staff; the knob on a
stick, etc.
t)ACAti, -Ain, pi. id., m., a handle ;
a hinge, a hinge-hook ; the
threadle of a spado ; a pot-
hangers ; back stone of fire-
place (Om.) ; the projecting
stones to which the -pujAin are
fastened in thatching (Don.) ;
a hook for gathering sea-weed
(Aran).
t>ACAtiAc, -Aije, a., hooked, bent,
crooked.
t)ACAtiAim, -A-O, v. tr., I bend, I
make crooked.
t)ACA|iAn, -Ain, m., bog bane (an
herb growing in marshy places).
bACAfit, -Aiftc, m., a carpenter's
rule ; ni't optAc bACAific lonn-
Atn f lAn, there is not an inch of
me by the rule sound.
t)AcJAit, -e, /., lameness ; act of
limping.
t)AclA, -A-6, /., the germ, sprout or
