boladh

Irish

Alternative forms

• baladh (Cois Fharraige)

Etymology

From Old Irish bolad, from Proto-Celtic *bulato- (“smell”).

Noun

boladh m (genitive singular bolaidh, nominative plural bolaithe)

1. smell (sensation)
2. scent (distinctive odour or smell)

Declension

Declension of boladh

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative boladh bolaithe Vocative a bholaidh a bholaithe Genitive bolaidh bolaithe Dative boladh bolaithe

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an boladh na bolaithe Genitive an bholaidh na mbolaithe Dative leis an mboladh don bholadh leis na bolaithe

Derived terms

• boladh gaoithe (“slight wind”)
• bolaigh (“smell, scent”, verb)
• dea-bholadh (“good smell; fragrance, aroma”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
boladh	bholadh	mboladh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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

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