baois

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish báes, from Proto-Celtic *baissā.

Pronunciation

Noun

baois f (genitive singular baoise)

  1. folly

Declension

Declension of baois (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative baois
vocative a bhaois
genitive baoise
dative baois
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an bhaois
genitive na baoise
dative leis an mbaois
don bhaois

Mutation

Mutated forms of baois
radical lenition eclipsis
baois bhaois mbaois

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

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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Noun

baois f (genitive singular baoise, no plural)

  1. lewdness, lust

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