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Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English bagage, from Old French bagage, from bague (“bundle”).
Pronunciation
Noun
bagáiste m (genitive singular bagáiste, nominative plural bagáistí)
- luggage, baggage
1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 45:ȷ iniš šē ʒm̥sə gə ń-imĭōx šē əńú, marəx n̄ax rø ə vøgāšcī rē eǵə.- [D’inis sé dhomsa go n-imeodh sé inniu, murach nach raibh a bhagáistí réidh aige.]
- He told me that he would leave today, only that he didn’t have his luggage ready.
Usage notes
The plural is rare, but is occasionally found with the same meaning as the singular.
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| bagáiste
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bhagáiste
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mbagáiste
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
- ^ “bagáiste”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 21
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 45
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