bagrach

Irish

Alternative forms

  • bagarach, bagarthach[1]

Etymology

From bagar (“threat”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈbˠɑɡəɾˠhəx/[2] (corresponding to the form bagarthach)

Adjective

bagrach (genitive singular masculine bagrach, genitive singular feminine bagraí, plural bagracha, comparative bagraí)

  1. threatening, menacing

Declension

Declension of bagrach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative bagrach bhagrach bagracha;
bhagracha2
vocative bhagraigh bagracha
genitive bagraí bagracha bagrach
dative bagrach;
bhagrach1 		bhagrach;
bhagraigh (archaic) 		bagracha;
bhagracha2
Comparative níos bagraí
Superlative is bagraí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of bagrach
radical lenition eclipsis
bagrach bhagrach mbagrach

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

References

  1. ^ “bagrach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 266, page 134

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