bogmheisce

Irish

Etymology

From bog- (“nearly”) +‎ meisce (“drunkenness”).

Noun

bogmheisce f (genitive singular bogmheisce)

1. tipsiness, slight drunkenness

   ar bogmheisce ― tipsy, slightly drunk

Declension

Declension of bogmheisce

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative bogmheisce Vocative a bhogmheisce Genitive bogmheisce Dative bogmheisce

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an bhogmheisce Genitive na bogmheisce Dative leis an mbogmheisce don bhogmheisce

Derived terms

• ar bogmheisce (“beery, fuzzy, half-seas-over, tipsy”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bogmheisce	bhogmheisce	mbogmheisce
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bogmheisce”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “bogmheisce”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “bogmheisce”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024