bodach
Irish
Etymology 1
From bod1 (“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) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
- Proverb:
- male crab
Declension
Declension of bodach
First declension
|
Bare forms:
|
Forms with the definite article:
|
Derived terms
Terms derived from bodach
|
|
|
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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
- "bodach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “botach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Scots
Etymology
Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic bodach.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɔ.dəx/
Noun
bodach (plural bodachs)
- (dialectal) old man
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɔt̪əx/
Noun
bodach m (genitive singular bodaich, plural bodaich)
Derived terms
Terms derived from bodach
|
|
|
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
- “botach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
This article is issued from
Wiktionary.
The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike.
Additional terms may apply for the media files.