bagair

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish bacraid (“threatens, speaks threateningly”), from bacar (“threat, act of threatening”).

Verb

bagair (present analytic bagraíonn, future analytic bagróidh, verbal noun bagairt, past participle bagartha) (transitive, intransitive)

brandish
threaten (with ar + the person threatened)
ag bagairt báistí ― threatening rain
drive (animals)

Conjugation

conjugation of bagair (second conjugation)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third	relative	autonomous
indicative	present	bagraím	bagraíonn tú; bagraír^†	bagraíonn sé, sí	bagraímid; bagraíonn muid	bagraíonn sibh	bagraíonn siad; bagraíd^†	a bhagraíonn; a bhagraíos / a mbagraíonn*	bagraítear
	past	bhagair mé; bhagraíos	bhagair tú; bhagraís	bhagair sé, sí	bhagraíomar; bhagair muid	bhagair sibh; bhagraíobhair	bhagair siad; bhagraíodar	a bhagair / ar bhagair*	bagraíodh
	past habitual	bhagraínn / mbagraínn‡‡	bhagraíteá / mbagraíteá‡‡	bhagraíodh sé, sí / mbagraíodh sé, sí‡‡	bhagraímis; bhagraíodh muid / mbagraímis‡‡; mbagraíodh muid‡‡	bhagraíodh sibh / mbagraíodh sibh‡‡	bhagraídís; bhagraíodh siad / mbagraídís‡‡; mbagraíodh siad‡‡	a bhagraíodh / a mbagraíodh*	bhagraítí / mbagraítí‡‡
future		bagróidh mé; bagród; bagróchaidh mé^†	bagróidh tú; bagróir^†; bagróchaidh tú^†	bagróidh sé, sí; bagróchaidh sé, sí^†	bagróimid; bagróidh muid; bagróchaimid^†; bagróchaidh muid^†	bagróidh sibh; bagróchaidh sibh^†	bagróidh siad; bagróid^†; bagróchaidh siad^†	a bhagróidh; a bhagrós; a bhagróchaidh^†; a bhagróchas^† / a mbagróidh; a mbagróchaidh^†	bagrófar; bagróchar^†
conditional		bhagróinn; bhagróchainn^† / mbagróinn‡‡; mbagróchainn^†‡‡	bhagrófá; bhagróchthá^† / mbagrófá‡‡; mbagróchthá^†‡‡	bhagródh sé, sí; bhagróchadh sé, sí^† / mbagródh sé, sí‡‡; mbagróchadh sé, sí^†‡‡	bhagróimis; bhagródh muid; bhagróchaimis^†; bhagróchadh muid^† / mbagróimis‡‡; mbagródh muid‡‡; mbagróchaimis^†‡‡; mbagróchadh muid^†‡‡	bhagródh sibh; bhagróchadh sibh^† / mbagródh sibh‡‡; mbagróchadh sibh^†‡‡	bhagróidís; bhagródh siad; bhagróchadh siad^† / mbagróidís‡‡; mbagródh siad‡‡; mbagróchadh siad^†‡‡	a bhagródh; a bhagróchadh^† / a mbagródh; a mbagróchadh^†	bhagrófaí; bhagróchthaí^† / mbagrófaí‡‡; mbagróchthaí^†‡‡
subjunctive	present	go mbagraí mé; go mbagraíod^†	go mbagraí tú; go mbagraír^†	go mbagraí sé, sí	go mbagraímid; go mbagraí muid	go mbagraí sibh	go mbagraí siad; go mbagraíd^†	—	go mbagraítear
subjunctive	past	dá mbagraínn	dá mbagraíteá	dá mbagraíodh sé, sí	dá mbagraímis; dá mbagraíodh muid	dá mbagraíodh sibh	dá mbagraídís; dá mbagraíodh siad	—	dá mbagraítí
imperative		bagraím	bagair	bagraíodh sé, sí	bagraímis	bagraígí; bagraídh^†	bagraídís	—	bagraítear
verbal noun		bagairt
past participle		bagraithe

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Derived terms

bagair do mhéar (“to beckon (with a finger)”)
bagair do shúil (“to wink”)

Etymology 2

Noun

bagair m sg

vocative/genitive singular of bagar (“threat”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bagair	bhagair	mbagair
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish bacraid (“threatens, speaks threateningly”), from bacar (“threat, act of threatening”).

Verb

bagair (past bhagair, future bagairidh, verbal noun bagairt or bagradh, past participle bagairte)

threaten (with air)
An do bhagair e ort? ― Did he threaten you?
bluster

Mutation

Mutation of *bagair*
radical	lenition
bagair	bhagair

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

bagair

Contents

Irish

Etymology 1

Verb

Conjugation

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

Mutation

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Verb

Mutation

Further reading

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