bongaid

(Redirected from boingid)

Old Irish edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Celtic *bungeti.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

bongaid (conjunct ·boing, verbal noun búain)

  1. to break
  2. to cut
  3. to reap
    • c. 900, Sanas Cormaic, from Bodleian MS Laud 610, Corm. La 137
      Nipsa eola imnid odbaig, ceso femmuin mbolgaig mbuṅg.
      I was not acquainted with knotty tribulations, although I reap blistered seaweed.
  4. to pluck
  5. to gather

Inflection edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Middle Irish: boingid, buingid

Mutation edit

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
bongaid bongaid
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/
mbongaid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading edit