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# (+''bıth'') To eat, consume as food
# (+''bıth'') To eat, consume as food
====Usage notes====
====Usage notes====
The non-present has intransitive morphology and takes a direct object in a genitive construct with ''{{cd|bıth}}'':
This is one of a handful of verbs with intransitive morphology and transitive meaning that take a direct object in a genitive construct with ''{{cd|bıth}}'':
* ''Annt '''urarth''' bıth ın gıogrann!'' - Please, have some barnacle stew! / '''''Roıd''' mí a bıth.'' - I ate it. <small>(''lit.'': Eaten I=am his ᴘᴀʀᴛ.)</small> <br>
* ''No '''urarth''' at bıth!'' - Don't eat it! <small>(''lit.'': Don't eat her ''bıth''.)</small>
 <small>''vs.''</small> ''No '''bírr''' sae gıogran bıth?'' - Didn't he use to eat barnacle stew? / ''Tó mé ot '''bírre''' bıth.'' - I'm eating it. <small>(''lit.'': Am I at her eating ᴘᴀʀᴛ.)</small> <br>
* ''Mí ım '''bírre''' bıth baırgeàın.'' - I'm eating a piece of bread. <small>(''lit.'': I'm in=my eating ''bıth'' of=a=bread-piece.)</small>  
* '''''Roıd''' síb bıth ın gıogrann.'' - You ate the the barnacle stew. <small>(''lit.'': Eaten you're.ᴘʟ ''bıth'' of=the barnacle-stew.)</small>


====See also====
====See also====
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