bagair

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish bacraid (threatens, speaks threateningly), from bacar (threat, act of threatening).

Verb

bagair (present analytic bagraíonn, future analytic bagróidh, verbal noun bagairt, past participle bagartha) (ambitransitive)

  1. brandish
  2. threaten (with ar + the person threatened)
    ag bagairt báistíthreatening rain
  3. drive (animals)
Conjugation
Derived terms
  • bagair do mhéar (to beckon (with a finger))
  • bagair do shúil (to wink)

Etymology 2

Noun

bagair m sg

  1. vocative/genitive singular of bagar (threat)

Mutation

Mutated forms of bagair
radical lenition eclipsis
bagair bhagair mbagair

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish bacraid (threatens, speaks threateningly), from bacar (threat, act of threatening).

Verb

bagair (past bhagair, future bagairidh, verbal noun bagairt or bagradh, past participle bagairte)

  1. threaten (with air)
    An do bhagair e ort?Did he threaten you?
  2. bluster

Mutation

Mutation of bagair
radical lenition
bagair bhagair

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “bagair”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bacraid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language