bolgach

Irish

Etymology

From bolg (“belly, stomach, abdomen”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

bolgach (genitive singular masculine bolgaigh, genitive singular feminine bolgaí, plural bolgacha, comparative bolgaí)

1. big-bellied; bulging, swelling
2. (anatomy) abdominal

   Synonyms: abdómain, boilg

3. (clothing) puffy
4. (cooking) fluffy (mixture, etc.)

Declension

Declension of bolgach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	bolgach	bholgach	bolgacha; bholgacha2
vocative	bholgaigh		bolgacha
genitive		bolgaí	bolgacha	bolgach
dative	bolgach; bholgach1	bholgach; bholgaigh (archaic)	bolgacha; bholgacha2
Comparative	níos bolgaí
Superlative	is bolgaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• sciorta bolgach (“puffball skirt”)

Noun

bolgach f (genitive singular bolgaí)

1. (pathology) smallpox

   Synonym: bolgach Dé

Declension

Declension of bolgach (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative bolgach vocative a bholgach genitive bolgaí dative bolgach forms with the definite article case singular nominative an bholgach genitive na bolgaí dative leis an mbolgach don bholgach

Derived terms

• bolgach bó (“cow-pox”)
• bolgach fhrancach (“syphilis”)
• bolgach muice (“swine-pox”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of bolgach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bolgach	bholgach	mbolgach

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