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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish báes.
Pronunciation
Noun
baois f (genitive singular baoise)
- folly
Declension
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| baois
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bhaois
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mbaois
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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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Further reading
- “baois”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “báes, baís”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “baois”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 53
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “baois”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
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Noun
baois f (genitive singular baoise, no plural)
- lewdness, lust
Derived terms
- draosda (“lewd, smutty, obscene, prurient”)
- draosdachd (“lewdness, smut, obscenity”)
- drùis (“lechery, licentiousness, lust; ooze, perspiration”)
- drùiseach (“licentious, lustful”)
- drùisealachd (“lecherousness, whoring, lewdness”)
- drùiseantachd (“pornography”)
- drùisear (“whoremonger, fornicator, lecher”)
- drùisearachd (“lecherousness, whoremongering”)
- drùiseil (“horny, lascivious, libidinous, lusty, randy, venereal, wanton”)
- drùisire (“lecher”)