bodach
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English
Noun
bodach (plural bodachs)
Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
bod (“penis”) + -ach (adjectival suffix)
Adjective
bodach (genitive singular masculine bodaigh, genitive singular feminine bodaí, plural bodacha, comparative bodaí)
Declension
| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | bodach | bhodach | bodacha; bhodacha2 | |
| vocative | bhodaigh | bodacha | ||
| genitive | bodaí | bodacha | bodach | |
| dative | bodach; bhodach1 |
bhodach; bhodaigh (archaic) |
bodacha; bhodacha2 | |
| Comparative | níos bodaí | |||
| Superlative | is bodaí | |||
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Etymology 2
From Middle Irish botach (“serf, rustic, peasant”).
Noun
bodach m (genitive singular bodaigh, nominative plural bodaigh)
- boor, churl, lout
- Proverb: Tabhair rogha don bhodach agus tógfaidh sé an díogha. ― Give a beggar a horse and he will ride to the devil.
- male crab
Declension
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Derived terms
- An Bodach (“Orion”)
- bodach bóthair (“vagrant, tramp”)
- bodach buí (“pollock”)
- bodach donn, bodach rua (“cod”)
- bodach gliogair (“yellow rattle”)
- bodach gorm (“field scabious”)
- bodach mór (“ling; bigwig”)
- bodachán (“snipe; measure”)
- garbhán bodaigh (“coarse, wild, kale”)
Mutation
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| bodach | bhodach | mbodach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bodach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “botach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 47
Scots
Etymology
Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic bodach.
Pronunciation
Noun
bodach (plural bodachs)
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle Irish botach (“serf, rustic, peasant”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
bodach m (genitive singular bodaich, plural bodaich)
Derived terms
- Bodach na Nollaige (“Father Christmas, Santa Claus”)
- bodach ròcais (“scarecrow”)
- bodach-sneachda (“snowman”)
See also
References
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “botach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
Further reading
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “bodach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN