bolg
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish bolg, from Proto-Celtic *bolgos.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbolg 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
editDeclension 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
editbolg (present analytic bolgann, future analytic bolgfaidh, verbal noun bolgadh, past participle bolgtha) (transitive, intransitive)
Conjugation
editconjugation of bolg (first conjugation – A)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Descendants
edit- →⇒? Yola: wurgheere
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
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
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “bolg”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “bolg”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Manx
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish bolg, from Proto-Celtic *bolgos.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbolg m (genitive singular bolgey, plural builg)
Derived terms
editMutation
editManx mutation | ||
---|---|---|
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- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bolg”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Old Irish
editAlternative forms
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Proto-Celtic *bolgos (“belly”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- (“to swell”).
Noun
editbolg m (genitive builg, nominative plural builg)
Inflection
editMasculine 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:
|
Derived terms
editDescendants
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
editbolg f (genitive unattested, nominative plural bolga)
Inflection
editFeminine 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:
|
Mutation
editOld Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
bolg | bolg pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/ |
mbolg |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bolg m”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bolg f”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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- Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰelǵʰ-
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- Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
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- ga:Nautical
- Irish first-declension nouns
- Irish verbs
- Irish transitive verbs
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- Irish first-conjugation verbs of class A
- ga:Body
- Manx terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Manx terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰelǵʰ-
- Manx terms inherited from Old Irish
- Manx terms derived from Old Irish
- Manx terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Manx terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Manx terms with IPA pronunciation
- Manx lemmas
- Manx nouns
- Manx masculine nouns
- gv:Body
- Old Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
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- Old Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Old Irish lemmas
- Old Irish nouns
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- Old Irish feminine nouns
- Old Irish ā-stem nouns
- sga:Body parts