bagáiste

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle English bagage, from Old French bagage, from bague (bundle).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bagáiste m (genitive singular bagáiste, nominative plural bagáistí)

  1. luggage, baggage
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 45:
      ȷ iniš šē ʒm̥sə gə ń-imĭōx šē əńú, marəx n̄ax rø ə vøgāšcī rē eǵə.
      [D’inis sé dhomsa go n-imeodh sé inniu, murach nach raibh a bhagáistí réidh aige.]
      He told me that he would leave today, only that he didn’t have his luggage ready.

Usage notes

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The plural is rare, but is occasionally found with the same meaning as the singular.

Declension

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bagáiste bhagáiste mbagáiste
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ bagáiste”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 21
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 45

Further reading

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