baoghal

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Irish

Noun

baoghal m (genitive singular baoghail)

  1. Classical and Superseded spelling of baol (“danger”).

Declension

Declension of baoghal (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative baoghal
vocative a bhaoghail
genitive baoghail
dative baoghal
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an baoghal
genitive an bhaoghail
dative leis an mbaoghal
don bhaoghal

Mutation

Mutated forms of baoghal
radical lenition eclipsis
baoghal bhaoghal mbaoghal

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

References

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish báegul (“unguarded condition, danger, hazard, vulnerability; chance, opportunity (of taking by surprise, inflicting an injury); making a mistake in judgement, etc., liability arising from error (or negligence ?)”) (compare Irish baol (“danger”)).

Noun

baoghal m (genitive singular baoghail, no plural)

  1. weirdo
  2. fool, idiot
  3. (dated) harm, peril, crisis

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “baoghal”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “báegul”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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