bongaid

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *bungeti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈboŋʲɡʲiðʲ/

Verb

bongaid (conjunct ·boing, verbal noun búain)

  1. to break
  2. to cut
  3. to reap
    • c. 900, Sanas Cormaic, from Bodleian MS Laud 610, Corm. La 137
      Nipsa eola imnid odbaig, ceso femmuin mbolgaig mbuṅg.
      I was not acquainted with knotty tribulations, although I reap blistered seaweed.
  4. to pluck
  5. to gather

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: boingid, buingid

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
bongaid bongaid
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/
mbongaid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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