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A semantically transitive verb with intransitive morphology, which takes a direct object in the genitive after ''{{cd|bıth}}'':
A semantically transitive verb with intransitive morphology, which takes a direct object in the genitive after ''{{cd|bıth}}'':
* ''Roıd myr bıth gıogrann'' - We had barnacle stew.
* ''Roıd myr bıth gıogrann'' - We had barnacle stew.
As a particle itself, ''bıth'' cannot be modified with a possessive particle and requires an emphatic form:
As a particle itself, ''bıth'' cannot be modified by a possessive clitic and requires the emphatic form:
* ''Mí ım bírre bıth aíse'' - I am eating it (''lit.'': I'm in my eating ᴘᴀʀᴛ. hers).
* ''Mí ım bírre bıth aíse'' - I am eating it (''lit.'': I'm in my eating ᴘᴀʀᴛ. hers).


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