Irish

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Noun

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baoghal m (genitive singular baoghail)

  1. Classical and Superseded spelling of baol (danger).

Declension

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
baoghal bhaoghal mbaoghal
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish báegul (unguarded condition, danger, hazard, vulnerability; chance, opportunity (of taking by surprise, inflicting an injury); making a mistake in judgement, etc., liability arising from error (or negligence ?)) (compare Irish baol (danger)).

Noun

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baoghal m (genitive singular baoghail, no plural)

  1. weirdo
  2. fool, idiot
  3. (dated) harm, peril, crisis

References

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “baoghal”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “báegul”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language