bolad

Old Irish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “MacBain erroneously classifies this term as an o-stem when it is a u-stem, insecure cognates etc.”) From Proto-Celtic *bulatos (“smell”).

Noun

bolad m

smell, scent (usually in a good sense)

Inflection

Masculine u-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	bolad	bolad^L	boltae
Vocative	bolad	bolad^L	boltu
Accusative	bolad^N	bolad^L	boltu
Genitive	bolto^H, bolta^H	bolto, bolta	boltae^N
Dative	bolud^L	boltaib	boltaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

boladmar (“fragrant, sweet-smelling”)

Mutation

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

References

Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bolad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language