bogach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish bocach (“boggy, marshy; bog, moor, marsh”) boc (“marshy, boggy; soft, gentle”).

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /bˠəˈɡɑx/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈbˠɔɡəx/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbˠʌɡa(h)/

Noun

bogach m (genitive singular bogaigh, nominative plural bogaigh)

  1. swamp
  2. quagmire
  3. bog
  4. moor

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bogach bhogach mbogach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • “bogaċ” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.

Lower Sorbian

Noun

bogach

  1. locative plural of bog
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