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baith

Dialect
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

Baith is the Scots spelling and pronunciation of “both,” used to indicate two people, things, actions, or qualities considered together.

Detailed Definition
Baith is the Scots form of both. It is a common dialect word in Scottish verse and here simply means the child was both good and fair.
Example
Example in poetry:
“She was baith gude and fair, John” uses Scots baith for both; Robert Burns’s Scots songs preserve dialect grammar and vocabulary as musical identity; in traditional ballads, baith can join paired qualities, lovers, or losses; a contemporary Scottish poem may use baith to retain local speech rather than translate it into standard English
Additional Notes
The word "baith" in the quoted line is a Scots form of "both" and is likely unfamiliar to many readers.; Found in the poem, The Land o' the Leal by Lady Nairne
Also Known As
bathing repose rest slumber
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