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bagair

bagair

Irish

Verb

bagair (present analytic bagraíonn, future analytic bagróidh, verbal noun bagairt, past participle bagartha) (transitive, intransitive)

  1. brandish
  2. beckon
    1. (~ do mhéar ar) beckon with your finger
    2. (~ do shúil ar) wink at
  3. threaten
    ag bagairt báistí ― threatening rain
    1. (~ ar) feel someone's collar
  4. drive (animals)

Conjugation

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bagair bhagair mbagair
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • "bagair" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • bacraid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish bacraid (threatens, speaks threateningly), from bacar (threat, act of threatening).

Verb

bagair (past bhagair, future bagairidh, verbal noun bagairt or bagradh, past participle bagairte)

  1. threaten (with air)
    An do bhagair e ort? ― Did he threaten you?
  2. bluster

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 0 901771 92 9
  • bacraid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.