balgam

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish bolgum (“sip; mouthful, draught”) (compare modern Irish bolgam).

Noun

balgam m (genitive singular balgaim, plural balgaman)

  1. mouthful (of a drink), sip, gulp
    A bheil thu ag iarraidh balgam teatha?
    Do you want a drink of tea?

Mutation

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

Further reading

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “bolgum” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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