bodach
Irish
Pronunciation
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Etymology 1
bod (“penis”) + -ach (adjectival suffix)
Adjective
bodach (genitive singular masculine bodaigh, genitive singular feminine bodaí, plural bodacha, comparative bodaí)
Declension
Declension of bodach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | bodach | bhodach | bodacha; bhodacha² | |
Vocative | bhodaigh | bodacha | ||
Genitive | bodaí | bodacha | bodach | |
Dative | bodach; bhodach¹ |
bhodach; bhodaigh (archaic) |
bodacha; bhodacha² | |
Comparative | níos bodaí | |||
Superlative | is bodaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Etymology 2
From Old Irish botach (“serf, rustic, peasant”).
Noun
bodach m (genitive singular bodaigh, nominative plural bodaigh)
- boor, churl, lout
- Proverb: Tabhair rogha don bhodach agus tógfaidh sé an díogha. ― Give a beggar a horse and he will ride to the devil.
- male crab
Declension
Declension of bodach
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- An Bodach (“Orion”)
- bodach bóthair (“vagrant, tramp”)
- bodach buí (“pollock”)
- bodach donn, bodach rua (“cod”)
- bodach gliogair (“yellow rattle”)
- bodach gorm (“field scabious”)
- bodach mór (“ling; bigwig”)
- bodachán (“snipe; measure”)
- garbhán bodaigh (“coarse, wild, kale”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
bodach | bhodach | mbodach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bodach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “botach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Scots
Etymology
Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic bodach.
Pronunciation
Noun
bodach (plural bodachs)
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish botach (“serf, rustic, peasant”).
Pronunciation
Noun
bodach m (genitive singular bodaich, plural bodaich)
Derived terms
- Bodach na Nollaige (“Father Christmas, Santa Claus”)
- bodach ròcais (“scarecrow”)
- bodach-sneachda (“snowman”)
Further reading
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “bodach”, 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), “botach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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- Irish lemmas
- Irish adjectives
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- Irish masculine nouns
- Irish terms with usage examples
- Irish first-declension nouns
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