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 báistí ― threatening rain

3. drive (animals)

Conjugation

conjugation of bagair (second conjugation)

verbal noun	bagairt
past participle	bagraithe
tense	singular			plural			relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative
present	bagraím	bagraíonn tú; bagraír†	bagraíonn sé, sí	bagraímid; bagraíonn muid	bagraíonn sibh	bagraíonn siad; bagraíd†	a bhagraíonn; a bhagraíos / a mbagraíonn*	bagraítear
past	bhagair mé; bhagraíos	bhagair tú; bhagraís	bhagair sé, sí	bhagraíomar; bhagair muid	bhagair sibh; bhagraíobhair	bhagair siad; bhagraíodar	a bhagair / ar bhagair*	bagraíodh
past habitual	bhagraínn / mbagraínn‡‡	bhagraíteá / mbagraíteᇇ	bhagraíodh sé, sí / mbagraíodh sé, s퇇	bhagraímis; bhagraíodh muid / mbagraímis‡‡; mbagraíodh muid‡‡	bhagraíodh sibh / mbagraíodh sibh‡‡	bhagraídís; bhagraíodh siad / mbagraídís‡‡; mbagraíodh siad‡‡	a bhagraíodh / a mbagraíodh*	bhagraítí / mbagraít퇇
future	bagróidh mé; bagród; bagróchaidh mé†	bagróidh tú; bagróir†; bagróchaidh tú†	bagróidh sé, sí; bagróchaidh sé, sí†	bagróimid; bagróidh muid; bagróchaimid†; bagróchaidh muid†	bagróidh sibh; bagróchaidh sibh†	bagróidh siad; bagróid†; bagróchaidh siad†	a bhagróidh; a bhagrós; a bhagróchaidh†; a bhagróchas† / a mbagróidh*; a mbagróchaidh*†	bagrófar; bagróchar†
conditional	bhagróinn; bhagróchainn† / mbagróinn‡‡; mbagróchainn†‡‡	bhagrófá; bhagróchthᆠ/ mbagrófᇇ; mbagróchthᆇ‡	bhagródh sé, sí; bhagróchadh sé, s토/ mbagródh sé, s퇇; mbagróchadh sé, s톇‡	bhagróimis; bhagródh muid; bhagróchaimis†; bhagróchadh muid† / mbagróimis‡‡; mbagródh muid‡‡; mbagróchaimis†‡‡; mbagróchadh muid†‡‡	bhagródh sibh; bhagróchadh sibh† / mbagródh sibh‡‡; mbagróchadh sibh†‡‡	bhagróidís; bhagródh siad; bhagróchadh siad† / mbagróidís‡‡; mbagródh siad‡‡; mbagróchadh siad†‡‡	a bhagródh; a bhagróchadh† / a mbagródh*; a mbagróchadh*†	bhagrófaí; bhagróchtha토/ mbagrófa퇇; mbagróchtha톇‡
subjunctive
present	go mbagraí mé; go mbagraíod†	go mbagraí tú; go mbagraír†	go mbagraí sé, sí	go mbagraímid; go mbagraí muid	go mbagraí sibh	go mbagraí siad; go mbagraíd†	—	go mbagraítear
past	dá mbagraínn	dá mbagraíteá	dá mbagraíodh sé, sí	dá mbagraímis; dá mbagraíodh muid	dá mbagraíodh sibh	dá mbagraídís; dá mbagraíodh siad	—	dá mbagraítí
imperative
–	bagraím	bagair	bagraíodh sé, sí	bagraímis	bagraígí; bagraídh†	bagraídís	—	bagraítear

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bagair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bacraid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “bagair”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “bagair”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

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