bogach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish bocach (“bog, moor, marsh”). By surface analysis, bog (“soft, yielding”) +‎ -ach.

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

   Synonym: portach

4. moor

Declension

Declension of bogach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative bogach bogaigh vocative a bhogaigh a bhogacha genitive bogaigh bogach dative bogach bogaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an bogach na bogaigh genitive an bhogaigh na mbogach dative leis an mbogach don bhogach leis na bogaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of bogach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bogach	bhogach	mbogach

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “bogaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 73

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔɡax/

Noun

bogach

1. locative plural of bog

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ.ɡax/
• Rhymes: -ɔɡax
• Syllabification: bo‧gach

Noun

bogach

1. locative plural of bóg

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish bocach (“bog, moor, marsh”). By surface analysis, bog (“soft, yielding”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

• (Uist) IPA^(key): /ˈb̥okəx/

Noun

bogach f (genitive singular bogaich, plural bogaichean)

1. bog, fen, marsh, swamp
2. quagmire

Mutation

Mutation of bogach

radical	lenition
bogach	bhogach

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