Irish
Etymology
From bos (“palm”) + -óg.
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /bˠʊˈsˠoːɡ/[4] (corresponding to the form busóg)
Noun
boiseog f (genitive singular boiseoig, nominative plural boiseoga)
- slap, cuff (blow dealt with the open hand)
Thug mo mháthair boiseog dom.- My mother slapped me.
- (literally, “…gave me a slap”)
- clap (slap with the hand, usually in a jovial manner), pat (light tap or slap)
- palmful of water
Cuir boiseog ar d’aghaidh is bí ag teacht.- Splash some water on your face and come along.
- (literally, “Put a palmful of water on your face…”)
- ripple (moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid)
- Synonym: cuilithín
Declension
Declension of boiseog (second declension)
| bare forms
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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boiseog
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boiseoga
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| vocative
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a bhoiseog
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a bhoiseoga
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| genitive
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boiseoige
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boiseog
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| dative
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boiseog
boiseoig (archaic, dialectal)
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boiseoga
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| forms with the definite article
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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an bhoiseog
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na boiseoga
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| genitive
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na boiseoige
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na mboiseog
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| dative
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leis an mboiseog
leis an mboiseoig (archaic, dialectal)
don bhoiseog
don bhoiseoig (archaic, dialectal)
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leis na boiseoga
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Mutation
Mutated forms of boiseog
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lenition
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eclipsis
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| boiseog
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bhoiseog
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mboiseog
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “baiseog”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- ^ “boiseog”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ “busóg”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 88
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “baiseóc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “basóg”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 57
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “boiseog”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 75
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “boiseog”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN