bolgach

Irish

Etymology

From bolg (“belly, stomach, abdomen”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

bolgach (genitive singular masculine bolgaigh, genitive singular feminine bolgaí, plural bolgacha, comparative bolgaí)

  1. big-bellied; bulging, swelling
  2. (anatomy) abdominal
    Synonyms: abdómain, boilg
  3. (clothing) puffy
  4. (cooking) fluffy (mixture, etc.)

Declension

Declension of bolgach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative bolgach bholgach bolgacha;
bholgacha2
vocative bholgaigh bolgacha
genitive bolgaí bolgacha bolgach
dative bolgach;
bholgach1 		bholgach;
bholgaigh (archaic) 		bolgacha;
bholgacha2
Comparative níos bolgaí
Superlative is bolgaí

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

Derived terms

Noun

bolgach f (genitive singular bolgaí)

  1. (pathology) smallpox
    Synonym: bolgach Dé

Declension

Declension of bolgach (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative bolgach
vocative a bholgach
genitive bolgaí
dative bolgach
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an bholgach
genitive na bolgaí
dative leis an mbolgach
don bholgach

Derived terms

  • bolgach bó (“cow-pox”)
  • bolgach fhrancach (“syphilis”)
  • bolgach muice (“swine-pox”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of bolgach
radical lenition eclipsis
bolgach bholgach mbolgach

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

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