bombáil

Irish

Etymology

From bomba (“bomb”, noun) +‎ -áil (verbal suffix).

Noun

bombáil f (genitive singular bombála)

1. verbal noun of bombáil

Declension

Declension of bombáil (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative bombáil vocative a bhombáil genitive bombála dative bombáil forms with the definite article case singular nominative an bhombáil genitive na bombála dative leis an mbombáil don bhombáil

Verb

bombáil (present analytic bombálann, future analytic bombálfaidh, verbal noun bombáil, past participle bombáilte)

1. (transitive) Alternative form of buamáil (“bomb”)

Conjugation

conjugation of bombáil (first conjugation – B)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	bombálaim	bombálann tú; bombálair†	bombálann sé, sí	bombálaimid	bombálann sibh	bombálann siad; bombálaid†	a bhombálann; a bhombálas / a mbombálann*	bombáiltear
	past	bhombáil mé; bhombálas	bhombáil tú; bhombálais	bhombáil sé, sí	bhombálamar; bhombáil muid	bhombáil sibh; bhombálabhair	bhombáil siad; bhombáladar	a bhombáil / ar bhombáil*	bombáladh
	past habitual	bhombálainn / mbombálainn‡‡	bhombáilteá / mbombáilteᇇ	bhombáladh sé, sí / mbombáladh sé, s퇇	bhombálaimis; bhombáladh muid / mbombálaimis‡‡; mbombáladh muid‡‡	bhombáladh sibh / mbombáladh sibh‡‡	bhombálaidís; bhombáladh siad / mbombálaidís‡‡; mbombáladh siad‡‡	a bhombáladh / a mbombáladh*	bhombáiltí / mbombáilt퇇
future		bombálfaidh mé; bombálfad	bombálfaidh tú; bombálfair†	bombálfaidh sé, sí	bombálfaimid; bombálfaidh muid	bombálfaidh sibh	bombálfaidh siad; bombálfaid†	a bhombálfaidh; a bhombálfas / a mbombálfaidh*	bombálfar
conditional		bhombálfainn / mbombálfainn‡‡	bhombálfá / mbombálfᇇ	bhombálfadh sé, sí / mbombálfadh sé, s퇇	bhombálfaimis; bhombálfadh muid / mbombálfaimis‡‡; mbombálfadh muid‡‡	bhombálfadh sibh / mbombálfadh sibh‡‡	bhombálfaidís; bhombálfadh siad / mbombálfaidís‡‡; mbombálfadh siad‡‡	a bhombálfadh / a mbombálfadh*	bhombálfaí / mbombálfa퇇
subjunctive	present	go mbombála mé; go mbombálad†	go mbombála tú; go mbombálair†	go mbombála sé, sí	go mbombálaimid; go mbombála muid	go mbombála sibh	go mbombála siad; go mbombálaid†	—	go mbombáiltear
	past	dá mbombálainn	dá mbombáilteá	dá mbombáladh sé, sí	dá mbombálaimis; dá mbombáladh muid	dá mbombáladh sibh	dá mbombálaidís; dá mbombáladh siad	—	dá mbombáiltí
imperative		bombálaim	bombáil	bombáladh sé, sí	bombálaimis	bombálaigí; bombálaidh†	bombálaidís	—	bombáiltear
verbal noun		bombáil
past participle		bombáilte

*indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Mutation

Mutated forms of bombáil

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bombáil	bhombáil	mbombáil

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