badráil

Irish

Alternative forms

  • badaráil

Etymology

From English bother (from Scots bauther, bather) + -áil.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /bˠɑd̪ˠˈɾˠɑːlʲ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈbˠad̪ˠɾˠɑːlʲ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbˠad̪ˠɾˠalʲ/

Verb

badráil (present analytic badrálann, future analytic badrálfaidh, verbal noun badráil, past participle badráilte)

  1. to bother (annoy, disturb)
    Synonym: cuir isteach ar

Conjugation

Noun

badráil f (genitive singular badrála)

  1. verbal noun of badráil

Declension

Declension of badráil (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative badráil
vocative a bhadráil
genitive badrála
dative badráil
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an bhadráil
genitive na badrála
dative leis an mbadráil
don bhadráil

Mutation

Mutated forms of badráil
radical lenition eclipsis
badráil bhadráil mbadráil

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

Further reading

  • badráil”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 31
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “badráil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN