boglach

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

boglach m (genitive singular boglaigh)

1. wet weather
2. thaw
3. Alternative form of bogach (“soft, boggy, ground”)

Declension

Declension of boglach (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative boglach vocative a bhoglaigh genitive boglaigh dative boglach forms with the definite article case singular nominative an boglach genitive an bhoglaigh dative leis an mboglach don bhoglach

Mutation

Mutated forms of boglach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
boglach	bhoglach	mboglach

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) “boglach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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Noun

boglach f (genitive singular boglaich or boglaiche, plural boglaichean)

1. (geography) bog, fen, marsh, morass, quagmire, swamp

Mutation

Mutation of boglach

radical	lenition
boglach	bhoglach

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

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “boglach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN