baoghal

Irish

Noun

baoghal m (genitive singular baoghail)

  1. Superseded spelling of baol (“danger”).

Declension
Declension of baoghal

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative baoghal
Vocative a bhaoghail
Genitive baoghail
Dative baoghal

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an baoghal
Genitive an bhaoghail
Dative leis an mbaoghal

don bhaoghal

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
baoghal bhaoghal mbaoghal
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish báegul (“unguarded condition, danger, hazard, vulnerability; chance, opportunity (of taking by surprise, inflicting an injury); making a mistake in judgement, etc., liability arising from error (or negligence ?)”) (compare Irish baol (“danger”)).

Noun

baoghal m (genitive singular baoghail, no plural)

  1. weirdo
  2. fool, idiot
  3. (dated) harm, peril, crisis

References
  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “báegul” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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