"taking bath" right or wrong?

[manikarthik84]

Hi,
Can we use the verb "bath" in the present tense as "taking bath" or only "bathing" is correct?

[Philly]

Hi

Bath is a noun and bathe is a verb:
.
He takes a bath every day.
He is taking a bath at the moment.
.
She bathes the baby three times a week.
She is bathing the baby at the moment.

[riverkid]

Hi,
Can we use the verb "bath" in the present tense as "taking bath" or only "bathing" is correct?

I have doubts that 'taking bath' is used in any dialect of English, Manikarthik. We use "taking a bath", and in this 'bath' is a noun.

For my dialect, 'bathe' [bay-th] has a connotation of a long luxurious soak and sometimes it's used to denote a swim, not generally the simple act of cleaning one's body. 'bath' [baa-th] is, again for my dialect, the common choice.

I'm gonna bath now.

[Coffa]

I have doubts that 'taking bath' is used in any dialect of English, Manikarthik. We use "taking a bath", and in this 'bath' is a noun.
For my dialect, 'bathe' [bay-th] has a connotation of a long luxurious soak and sometimes it's used to denote a swim, not generally the simple act of cleaning one's body. 'bath' [baa-th] is, again for my dialect, the common choice.
I'm gonna bath now.

I would point out that, in my Midlands English dialect (and all other northern BrE dialects), a 'bath' is pronounced with the short 'a' vowel sound. Similarly, we 'bath' (short 'a') rather than 'bathe' (long 'a'). Canadians and Americans tend towards RP in this respect. The 'baa-th' pronounciation is peculiar to RP and South-Western English. In South-Eastern ('Estuary') English, it is akin to 'baa-rf', while in Cockney, it would be the abbreviated long-vowel sound 'barf'.