bagair

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish bacraid (“threatens, speaks threateningly”), from bacar (“threat, act of threatening”).

Verb

bagair (present analytic bagraíonn, future analytic bagróidh, verbal noun bagairt, past participle bagartha) (transitive, intransitive)

1. brandish
2. beckon
   1. (~ do mhéar ar) beckon with your finger
   2. (~ do shúil ar) wink at
3. threaten

   ag bagairt báistí ― threatening rain

   1. (~ ar) feel someone's collar
4. drive (animals)

Conjugation

conjugation of bagair (second conjugation)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	bagraím	bagraíonn tú; bagraír†	bagraíonn sé, sí	bagraímid; bagraíonn muid	bagraíonn sibh	bagraíonn siad; bagraíd†	a bhagraíonn; a bhagraíos / a mbagraíonn*; a mbagraíos*	bagraítear
	past	bhagair mé; bhagraíos	bhagair tú; bhagraís	bhagair sé, sí	bhagraíomar; bhagair muid	bhagair sibh; bhagraíobhair	bhagair siad; bhagraíodar	a bhagair / ar bhagair*	bagraíodh
	past habitual	bhagraínn / mbagraínn‡‡	bhagraíteá / mbagraíteᇇ	bhagraíodh sé, sí / mbagraíodh sé, s퇇	bhagraímis; bhagraíodh muid / mbagraímis‡‡; mbagraíodh muid‡‡	bhagraíodh sibh / mbagraíodh sibh‡‡	bhagraídís; bhagraíodh siad / mbagraídís‡‡; mbagraíodh siad‡‡	a bhagraíodh / a mbagraíodh*	bhagraítí / mbagraít퇇
future		bagróidh mé; bagród; bagróchaidh mé†	bagróidh tú; bagróir†; bagróchaidh tú†	bagróidh sé, sí; bagróchaidh sé, sí†	bagróimid; bagróidh muid; bagróchaimid†; bagróchaidh muid†	bagróidh sibh; bagróchaidh sibh†	bagróidh siad; bagróid†; bagróchaidh siad†	a bhagróidh; a bhagrós; a bhagróchaidh†; a bhagróchas† / a mbagróidh*; a mbagrós*; a mbagróchaidh*†; a mbagróchas*†	bagrófar; bagróchar†
conditional		bhagróinn; bhagróchainn† / mbagróinn‡‡; mbagróchainn†‡‡	bhagrófá; bhagróchthᆠ/ mbagrófᇇ; mbagróchthᆇ‡	bhagródh sé, sí; bhagróchadh sé, s토/ mbagródh sé, s퇇; mbagróchadh sé, s톇‡	bhagróimis; bhagródh muid; bhagróchaimis†; bhagróchadh muid† / mbagróimis‡‡; mbagródh muid‡‡; mbagróchaimis†‡‡; mbagróchadh muid†‡‡	bhagródh sibh; bhagróchadh sibh† / mbagródh sibh‡‡; mbagróchadh sibh†‡‡	bhagróidís; bhagródh siad; bhagróchadh siad† / mbagróidís‡‡; mbagródh siad‡‡; mbagróchadh siad†‡‡	a bhagródh; a bhagróchadh† / a mbagródh*; a mbagróchadh*†	bhagrófaí; bhagróchtha토/ mbagrófa퇇; mbagróchtha톇‡
subjunctive	present	go mbagraí mé; go mbagraíod†	go mbagraí tú; go mbagraír†	go mbagraí sé, sí	go mbagraímid; go mbagraí muid	go mbagraí sibh	go mbagraí siad; go mbagraíd†	—	go mbagraítear
	past	dá mbagraínn	dá mbagraíteá	dá mbagraíodh sé, sí	dá mbagraímis; dá mbagraíodh muid	dá mbagraíodh sibh	dá mbagraídís; dá mbagraíodh siad	—	dá mbagraítí
imperative		bagraím	bagair	bagraíodh sé, sí	bagraímis	bagraígí; bagraídh†	bagraídís	—	bagraítear
verbal noun		bagairt
past participle		bagraithe

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

Etymology 2

Noun

bagair m sg

1. vocative/genitive singular of bagar (“threat”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bagair	bhagair	mbagair
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bagair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bacraid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “bagair”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “bagair”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish bacraid (“threatens, speaks threateningly”), from bacar (“threat, act of threatening”).

Verb

bagair (past bhagair, future bagairidh, verbal noun bagairt or bagradh, past participle bagairte)

1. threaten (with air)

   An do bhagair e ort? ― Did he threaten you?

2. bluster

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
bagair	bhagair
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “bagair”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bacraid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language