boiseog

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From bos (“palm”) +‎ -óg.

Pronunciation

Noun

boiseog f (genitive singular boiseoig, nominative plural boiseoga)

  1. slap, cuff (blow dealt with the open hand)
    Thug mo mháthair boiseog dom.
    My mother slapped me.
    (literally, “…gave me a slap”)
  2. clap (slap with the hand, usually in a jovial manner), pat (light tap or slap)
  3. 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…”)
  4. ripple (moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid)
    Synonym: cuilithín

Declension

Declension of boiseog (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative boiseog boiseoga
vocative a bhoiseog a bhoiseoga
genitive boiseoige boiseog
dative boiseog
boiseoig (archaic, dialectal) 		boiseoga
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an bhoiseog na boiseoga
genitive na boiseoige na mboiseog
dative leis an mboiseog
leis an mboiseoig (archaic, dialectal)
don bhoiseog
don bhoiseoig (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na boiseoga

Mutation

Mutated forms of boiseog
radical lenition eclipsis
boiseog bhoiseog mboiseog

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

References

  1. ^ Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “baiseog”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  2. ^ “boiseog”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  3. ^ “busóg”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  4. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 88

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