baase

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Manx

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Etymology

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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).

Noun

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baase m (genitive singular baaish, plural baaseyn)

  1. death
    Nagh dooar eh baase?
    Didn't he die? (literally, Didn't he get death?)
  2. bereavement
  3. extinction
  4. capital punishment

Mutation

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Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
baase vaase maase
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.