bongaid

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Old Irish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *bungeti.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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bongaid (conjunct ·boing, verbal noun búain)

  1. to break
  2. to cut
  3. to reap
    • c. 900, Sanas Cormaic, from Bodleian MS Laud 610, Corm. La 137
      Nipsa eola imnid odbaig, ceso femmuin mbolgaig mbuṅg.
      I was not acquainted with knotty tribulations, although I reap blistered seaweed.
  4. to pluck
  5. to gather

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Middle Irish: boingid, buingid
    • Irish: bain (to take, reap, dig out)

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
bongaid bongaid
pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/
mbongaid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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