bodhraigh

Irish

Alternative forms

• bodhair, bodhruigh (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish bodraid. By surface analysis, bodhar +‎ -igh.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠoːɾˠi/

Verb

bodhraigh (present analytic bodhraíonn, future analytic bodhróidh, verbal noun bodhrú, past participle bodhraithe)

1. to deafen (make deaf)
2. to deaden (render less lively)
3. to annoy, bother
4. to confuse

Conjugation

conjugation of bodhraigh (second conjugation)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	bodhraím	bodhraíonn tú; bodhraír†	bodhraíonn sé, sí	bodhraímid; bodhraíonn muid	bodhraíonn sibh	bodhraíonn siad; bodhraíd†	a bhodhraíonn; a bhodhraíos / a mbodhraíonn*; a mbodhraíos*	bodhraítear
	past	bhodhraigh mé; bhodhraíos	bhodhraigh tú; bhodhraís	bhodhraigh sé, sí	bhodhraíomar; bhodhraigh muid	bhodhraigh sibh; bhodhraíobhair	bhodhraigh siad; bhodhraíodar	a bhodhraigh / ar bhodhraigh*	bodhraíodh
	past habitual	bhodhraínn / mbodhraínn‡‡	bhodhraíteá / mbodhraíteᇇ	bhodhraíodh sé, sí / mbodhraíodh sé, s퇇	bhodhraímis; bhodhraíodh muid / mbodhraímis‡‡; mbodhraíodh muid‡‡	bhodhraíodh sibh / mbodhraíodh sibh‡‡	bhodhraídís; bhodhraíodh siad / mbodhraídís‡‡; mbodhraíodh siad‡‡	a bhodhraíodh / a mbodhraíodh*	bhodhraítí / mbodhraít퇇
future		bodhróidh mé; bodhród; bodhróchaidh mé†	bodhróidh tú; bodhróir†; bodhróchaidh tú†	bodhróidh sé, sí; bodhróchaidh sé, sí†	bodhróimid; bodhróidh muid; bodhróchaimid†; bodhróchaidh muid†	bodhróidh sibh; bodhróchaidh sibh†	bodhróidh siad; bodhróid†; bodhróchaidh siad†	a bhodhróidh; a bhodhrós; a bhodhróchaidh†; a bhodhróchas† / a mbodhróidh*; a mbodhrós*; a mbodhróchaidh*†; a mbodhróchas*†	bodhrófar; bodhróchar†
conditional		bhodhróinn; bhodhróchainn† / mbodhróinn‡‡; mbodhróchainn†‡‡	bhodhrófá; bhodhróchthᆠ/ mbodhrófᇇ; mbodhróchthᆇ‡	bhodhródh sé, sí; bhodhróchadh sé, s토/ mbodhródh sé, s퇇; mbodhróchadh sé, s톇‡	bhodhróimis; bhodhródh muid; bhodhróchaimis†; bhodhróchadh muid† / mbodhróimis‡‡; mbodhródh muid‡‡; mbodhróchaimis†‡‡; mbodhróchadh muid†‡‡	bhodhródh sibh; bhodhróchadh sibh† / mbodhródh sibh‡‡; mbodhróchadh sibh†‡‡	bhodhróidís; bhodhródh siad; bhodhróchadh siad† / mbodhróidís‡‡; mbodhródh siad‡‡; mbodhróchadh siad†‡‡	a bhodhródh; a bhodhróchadh† / a mbodhródh*; a mbodhróchadh*†	bhodhrófaí; bhodhróchtha토/ mbodhrófa퇇; mbodhróchtha톇‡
subjunctive	present	go mbodhraí mé; go mbodhraíod†	go mbodhraí tú; go mbodhraír†	go mbodhraí sé, sí	go mbodhraímid; go mbodhraí muid	go mbodhraí sibh	go mbodhraí siad; go mbodhraíd†	—	go mbodhraítear
	past	dá mbodhraínn	dá mbodhraíteá	dá mbodhraíodh sé, sí	dá mbodhraímis; dá mbodhraíodh muid	dá mbodhraíodh sibh	dá mbodhraídís; dá mbodhraíodh siad	—	dá mbodhraítí
imperative		bodhraím	bodhraigh	bodhraíodh sé, sí	bodhraímis	bodhraígí; bodhraídh†	bodhraídís	—	bodhraítear
verbal noun		bodhrú
past participle		bodhraithe

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bodhraigh	bhodhraigh	mbodhraigh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “bodhraigh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bodraid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “boḋraim (boḋruiġim)”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 73
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bodhraigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 50