bolg
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish bolg, from Proto-Celtic *bolgos.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bolg m (genitive singular boilg, nominative plural boilg)
- belly, stomach, abdomen
- (by extension) bellyful
- (geology, astronomy, etc.) bulge, broad part, middle (of equator, galaxy, etc.)
- bag
- (nautical) hold (of ship)
- (nautical) bunt, belly (of sail)
Declension edit
Declension of bolg
Derived terms edit
- ar bholg an chuain (“in the open harbour”)
- ar bholg na sráide (“in the open street”)
- banda boilg (“belly-band”)
- boilg m pl (“bellows”)
- boilg an daorghalair (“haemorrhoids”)
- boilg fola (“glanders”)
- boilg gabha (“smith's bellows”)
- boilg leanna (“waters”)
- bolg bairille (“bilge of barrel”)
- bolg béice (“puff-ball”)
- bolg lampa (“bowl of lamp”)
- bolg le gréin (“sunbathing”)
- bolg loinge (“hold of ship”)
- bolg rite (“distended, full stomach”)
- bolg saighead (“quiver”)
- bolg seoil (“belly of sail”)
- bolg snámha (“air-bladder”)
- bolg soláthair (“corpus, miscellany”)
- bolg stoca (“fat indolent person”)
- bolgach
- cos ar bolg (“oppression”)
- crua sa bholg (“constipated”)
- daigh bhoilg (“stomachache”)
- do bholg a líonadh (“eat one's fill”)
- fead bhoilg (“shrill sound in breathing”)
- i mbolg an tsamhraidh (“during the longest days of the summer”)
- i mbolg na bliana (“during the longest days of the year”)
Verb edit
bolg (present analytic bolgann, future analytic bolgfaidh, verbal noun bolgadh, past participle bolgtha) (transitive, intransitive)
Conjugation edit
conjugation of bolg (first conjugation – A)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Descendants edit
- →⇒? Yola: wurgheere
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
bolg | bholg | mbolg |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 53
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 47
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bolg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “bolg” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “bolg” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Manx edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish bolg, from Proto-Celtic *bolgos.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bolg m (genitive singular bolgey, plural builg)
Derived terms edit
Mutation edit
Manx mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
bolg | volg | molg |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “bolg”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Old Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Celtic *bolgos (“belly”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- (“to swell”).
Noun edit
bolg m (genitive builg, nominative plural builg)
Inflection edit
Masculine o-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | bolg | bolgL | builgL |
Vocative | builg | bolgL | bolguH |
Accusative | bolgN | bolgL | bolguH |
Genitive | builgL | bolg | bolgN |
Dative | bolgL | bolgaib | bolgaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Irish: bolg
- Manx: bolg
- Scottish Gaelic: bolgan
- ⇒ Middle Irish: saigetbolc
Etymology 2 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
bolg f (genitive unattested, nominative plural bolga)
Inflection edit
Feminine ā-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | bolgL | builgL | bolgaH |
Vocative | bolgL | builgL | bolgaH |
Accusative | builgN | builgL | bolgaH |
Genitive | builgeH | bolgL | bolgN |
Dative | builgL | bolgaib | bolgaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Mutation edit
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
bolg | bolg pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/ |
mbolg |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “bolg m”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “bolg f”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language