bheadh

Irish

Alternative forms

bhéadh

Etymology

From Old Irish ·biad.

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /vʲɛə̯x/^[1]
(Galway) IPA^(key): /vʲɛtʲ/ (before sé, sí, sibh, and siad); IPA^(key): /vʲɛx/ (elsewhere)
(Mayo) IPA^(key): /vʲɛtʲ/ (before sé, sí, sibh, and siad); IPA^(key): /vʲɛfˠ/ (elsewhere)
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /vʲɛtʲ/ (before sé, sí, sibh, and siad); IPA^(key): /vʲɛw/ (elsewhere)

Verb

bheadh

conditional analytic of bí: “would be”
lenited form of beadh

References

^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 208, page 104