bogmheisce

Irish

Etymology

From bog- (“nearly”) +‎ meisce (“drunkenness”).

Noun

bogmheisce f (genitive singular bogmheisce)

1. tipsiness, slight drunkenness

   ar bogmheisce ― tipsy, slightly drunk

Declension

Declension of bogmheisce (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative bogmheisce vocative a bhogmheisce genitive bogmheisce dative bogmheisce forms with the definite article case singular nominative an bhogmheisce genitive na bogmheisce dative leis an mbogmheisce don bhogmheisce

Derived terms

• ar bogmheisce (“beery, fuzzy, half-seas-over, tipsy”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of bogmheisce

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bogmheisce	bhogmheisce	mbogmheisce

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

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “bogmheisce”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “bogmheisce”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bogmheisce”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN