boglach

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

boglach m (genitive singular boglaigh)

  1. wet weather
  2. thaw
  3. alternative form of bogach (“soft, boggy, ground”)

Declension

Declension of boglach (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative boglach
vocative a bhoglaigh
genitive boglaigh
dative boglach
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an boglach
genitive an bhoglaigh
dative leis an mboglach
don bhoglach

Mutation

Mutated forms of boglach
radical lenition eclipsis
boglach bhoglach mboglach

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

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

boglach f (genitive singular boglaich or boglaiche, plural boglaichean)

  1. (geography) bog, fen, marsh, morass, quagmire, swamp

Mutation

Mutation of boglach
radical lenition
boglach bhoglach

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

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “boglach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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