boiseog

Irish

Alternative forms

• baiseog, basóg, bosóg, busóg

Etymology

From bos (“palm”) +‎ -óg.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /bˠʊˈsˠoːɡ/ (corresponding to the form busóg)

Noun

boiseog f (genitive singular boiseoig, nominative plural boiseoga)

1. slap, cuff (blow dealt with the open hand)

   Thug mo mháthair boiseog dom.

   My mother slapped me.

   (literally, “…gave me a slap”)

2. clap (slap with the hand, usually in a jovial manner), pat (light tap or slap)
3. palmful of water

   Cuir boiseog ar d’aghaidh is bí ag teacht.

   Splash some water on your face and come along.

   (literally, “Put a palmful of water on your face…”)

4. ripple (moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid)

   Synonym: cuilithín

Declension

Declension of boiseog (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative boiseog boiseoga vocative a bhoiseog a bhoiseoga genitive boiseoige boiseog dative boiseog boiseoig (archaic, dialectal) boiseoga forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an bhoiseog na boiseoga genitive na boiseoige na mboiseog dative leis an mboiseog leis an mboiseoig (archaic, dialectal) don bhoiseog don bhoiseoig (archaic, dialectal) leis na boiseoga

Mutation

Mutated forms of boiseog

radical	lenition	eclipsis
boiseog	bhoiseog	mboiseog

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “baiseóc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “basóg”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 57
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “boiseog”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 75
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “boiseog”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN