bagáiste
Appearance
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English bagage, from Old French bagage, from bague (“bundle”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Munster) IPA(key): /bˠəˈɡɑːʃtʲə/[2]
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈbˠaɡɑːʃtʲə/; (Aran) /ˈbʲɞɡɑːʃtʲə/[3] (influenced by beag (“small”))
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbˠaɡaʃtʲə/
Noun
[edit]bagáiste m (genitive singular bagáiste, nominative plural bagáistí)
- luggage, baggage
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], 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
[edit]The plural is rare, but is occasionally found with the same meaning as the singular.
Declension
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Derived terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| bagáiste | bhagáiste | mbagáiste |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- ^ “bagáiste”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 38, page 21
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 45
Further reading
[edit]- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “bagáiste”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 46
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “bagáiste”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN