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Ogham Letter B - Beith

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Beith (ᚁ) is the Irish name of the second letter of the Ogham alphabet, 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 *gʷet- 'resin, gum'. Its phonetic value is [b].

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Symmetric, Open shape, Monochrome, Contains straight lines, Has no crossing lines.

Category: Alphabets.

Ogham Letter B - Beith is part of the Ogham Alphabeth group.

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