b'

See also: Appendix:Variations of "b"

Irish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bˠ/ (before (fh)a, (fh)á, (fh)o, (fh)ó, (fh)u, (fh)ú)
IPA^(key): /bʲ/ (before (fh)e, (fh)é, (fh)i, (fh)í)

Particle

b’

Apocopic form of ba
B’fhearr liom cupán tae.
I’d prefer a cup of tea.

Usage notes

This form is used before words beginning with a vowel or fh followed by a vowel, except not before the pronouns é, ea, í, iad.

Derived terms

b’fhéidir

Related terms

Irish copular forms

Simple copular forms

Present/future
	Affirmative	Negative	Interrogative	Neg. inter.
Main clauses	is	ní	an	nach
Direct relative clauses	is	nach
Indirect relative clauses	ar, arb^v
Other subordinate clauses	gur, gurb^v		an	nach
Past/conditional
	Affirmative	Negative	Interrogative	Neg. inter.
Main clauses	ba, Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)^v	níor, níorbh^v	ar, arbh^v	nár, nárbh^v
Direct relative clauses	ba, ab^v	nár, nárbh^v
Indirect relative clauses	ar, arbh^v
Other subordinate clauses	gur, gurbh^v		ar, arbh^v	nár, nárbh^v
Present subjunctive
	Affirmative	Negative
	gura, gurab^v	nára, nárab^v

Compound copular forms

Base word	Present/future	Past/conditional
cá	cár, cárb^v	cár, cárbh^v
cé	cér, cérb^v	cér, cérbh^v
dá		dá mba, dá mb’^v
de/do	dar, darb^v	dar, darbh^v
faoi	faoinar, faoinarb^v	faoinar, faoinarbh^v
i	inar, inarb^v	inar, inarbh^v
le	lenar, lenarb^v	lenar, lenarbh^v
má	más	má ba, má Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)^v
mura	mura, murab^v	murar, murarbh^v
ó (prep.)	ónar, ónarb^v	ónar, ónarbh^v
ó (conj.)	ós	ó ba, ó Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)^v
trí	trínar, trínarb^v	trínar, trínarbh^v

^v Used before vowel sounds

Mutation

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Maltese

Alternative forms

bi (before a consonant cluster)
imb (in fixed expressions)

Etymology

From Arabic بِ‎ (bi).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /b/ (before a vowel, sonorant, or voiced obstruent)
IPA^(key): /p/ (before a voiceless obstruent)

Preposition

b’

with (chiefly an ingredient, means, concomitant, quality)
Antonym: bla

Inflection

Inflected forms of Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Personal-pronoun- including forms	singular		plural
Personal-pronoun- including forms	m	f	plural
1^st person	bija		bina
2^nd person	bik		bikom
3^rd person	bih	biha	bihom
Definite forms
Xemxin			Qamrin
biċ- · bid- · bin- bir- · bis- · bit- · bix- · biz- · biż-			†bil- †form is bl- before a vowel, h, or għ

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /p-/
Hyphenation: b'

Verb

b'

Form of bu used before vowels and fh-

References

Colin Mark (2003), “bu”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 96

Yola

Etymology

Influenced by Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Verb

b'

Alternative form of ba (“be”)
- 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 6, page 86:
  Yith w'had any lhuck, oor naame wode b' zung,
  If we had any luck, our name would have been sung
- 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 7, page 86:
  Our eein wode b' mistern t' dearnt up ee skee.
  Our eyes would be dazzled to look up to the sky.

References

Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 86

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