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Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish bolad, from Proto-Celtic *bulatos (“smell”).
Pronunciation
Noun
boladh m (genitive singular bolaidh, nominative plural bolaithe)
- smell (sensation)
- scent (distinctive odour or smell)
Declension
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Mutation
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| boladh
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bholadh
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mboladh
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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
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “boladh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “bolad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “bolaḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 76
- Entries containing “boladh” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “boladh” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 81