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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 | 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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