From bolg (“belly, stomach, abdomen”) + -ach.
bolgach (genitive singular masculine bolgaigh, genitive singular feminine bolgaí, plural bolgacha, comparative bolgaí)
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | bolgach | bholgach | bolgacha; bholgacha² | |
| Vocative | bholgaigh | bolgacha | ||
| Genitive | bolgaí | bolgacha | bolgach | |
| Dative | bolgach; bholgach¹ |
bholgach; bholgaigh (archaic) |
bolgacha; bholgacha² | |
| Comparative | níos bolgaí | |||
| Superlative | is bolgaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
bolgach f (genitive singular bolgaí)
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Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| bolgach | bholgach | mbolgach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||