Irish
Etymology
From bolg (“belly”) + -óg.
Pronunciation
Noun
boilgeog f (genitive singular boilgeoige, nominative plural boilgeoga)
- bubble (spherically contained volume of air or other gas)
- Synonym: bolgán
- bead (small drop of liquid)
- Synonym: mónóg
Declension
Declension of boilgeog (second declension)
| bare forms
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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boilgeog
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boilgeoga
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| vocative
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a bhoilgeog
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a bhoilgeoga
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| genitive
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boilgeoige
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boilgeog
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| dative
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boilgeog
boilgeoig (archaic, dialectal)
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boilgeoga
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| forms with the definite article
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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an bhoilgeog
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na boilgeoga
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| genitive
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na boilgeoige
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na mboilgeog
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| dative
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leis an mboilgeog
leis an mboilgeoig (archaic, dialectal)
don bhoilgeog
don bhoilgeoig (archaic, dialectal)
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leis na boilgeoga
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Mutation
Mutated forms of boilgeog
| radical
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lenition
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eclipsis
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| boilgeog
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bhoilgeog
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mboilgeog
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “builgeog”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 138; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “boilgeog”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
