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Irish
Noun
baoghal m (genitive singular baoghail)
- Classical and Superseded spelling of baol (“danger”).
Declension
Mutation
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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
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)
- weirdo
- fool, idiot
- (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