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Beith is the Irish name of the first letter of the Ogham alphabet, (unicode:ᚁ), meaning "birch". In Old Irish, the letter name was Beithe, which is related to Welsh ''bedw(en)'', Breton ''bezv(enn)'', and Latin ''betula''. Its Proto-Indo-European root was *''(unicode:gʷet-)'' 'resin, gum'. Its phonetic value is . The ''Auraicept na n-Éces'' contains the tale of the mythological origins of ''Beith'' In the medieval kennings, the verses associated with ''Beith'' are: :''Féocos foltchaín'': "Withered foot with fine hair" (Word Ogham of Morann mic Moín) :''Glaisem cnis'': "Greyest of skin" (Word Ogham of Mac ind Óc) :''Maise malach'': "Beauty of the eyebrow" (Word Ogham of Culainn) ''Peith'' (unicode:ᚚ), a late addition to the Forfeda, is a variant of ''Beith'', with a phonetic value of (), also called ''beithe bog'' "soft ''beithe''", being considered a "soft" variant of . It likely replaced ''Ifín'' (unicode:ᚘ), one of the "original" five Forfeda. Prior to the addition of the Forfeda to the original twenty letters, both and were probably symbolized by the same letter: ''Beith''. ==Notes== 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Beith (letter)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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