bogach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish bocach (“bog, moor, marsh”). By surface analysis, bog (“soft, yielding”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /bˠəˈɡɑx/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈbˠɔɡəx/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbˠʌɡa(h)/

Noun

bogach m (genitive singular bogaigh, nominative plural bogaigh)

  1. swamp
  2. quagmire
  3. bog
    Synonym: portach
  4. moor

Declension

Declension of bogach (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative bogach bogaigh
vocative a bhogaigh a bhogacha
genitive bogaigh bogach
dative bogach bogaigh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an bogach na bogaigh
genitive an bhogaigh na mbogach
dative leis an mbogach
don bhogach 		leis na bogaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of bogach
radical lenition eclipsis
bogach bhogach mbogach

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

Further reading

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔ.ɡax/
  • Rhymes: -ɔɡax
  • Syllabification: bo‧gach

Noun

bogach

  1. locative plural of bog

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔ.ɡax/
  • Rhymes: -ɔɡax
  • Syllabification: bo‧gach

Noun

bogach

  1. locative plural of bóg

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish bocach (“bog, moor, marsh”). By surface analysis, bog (“soft, yielding”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

Noun

bogach f (genitive singular bogaich, plural bogaichean)

  1. bog, fen, marsh, swamp
  2. quagmire

Mutation

Mutation of bogach
radical lenition
bogach bhogach

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

References

  1. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
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