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Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From bos (“palm”) + -óg.
Pronunciation
Noun
boiseog f (genitive singular boiseoig, nominative plural boiseoga)
- slap, cuff (blow dealt with the open hand)
Thug mo mháthair boiseog dom.- My mother slapped me.
- (literally, “…gave me a slap”)
- clap (slap with the hand, usually in a jovial manner), pat (light tap or slap)
- palmful of water
Cuir boiseog ar d’aghaidh is bí ag teacht.- Splash some water on your face and come along.
- (literally, “Put a palmful of water on your face…”)
- ripple (moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid)
- Synonym: cuilithín
Declension
Mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| boiseog
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bhoiseog
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mboiseog
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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
- ^ Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “baiseog”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- ^ “boiseog”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ “busóg”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 88
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “baiseóc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “basóg”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 57
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “boiseog”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 75
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “boiseog”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN