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bodach
bodach
Irish
Adjective
bodach (genitive singular masculine bodaigh, genitive singular feminine bodaí, plural bodacha, comparative bodaí)
Declension
Declension of bodach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | bodach | bhodach | bodacha; bhodacha² |
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| Vocative | bhodaigh | bodacha | ||
| Genitive | bodaí | bodacha | bodach | |
| Dative | bodach; bhodach¹ |
bhodach; bhodaigh (archaic) |
bodacha; bhodacha² |
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| Comparative | níos bodaí | |||
| Superlative | is bodaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Etymology 2
From Old Irish botach (“serf, rustic, peasant”).
Noun
bodach m (genitive singular bodaigh, nominative plural bodaigh)
Declension
Declension of bodach
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| bodach | bhodach | mbodach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Scots
Etymology
Borrowing from Scottish Gaelic bodach.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɔ.dəx/
Noun
bodach (plural bodachs)
- (dialectal) old man
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish botach (“serf, rustic, peasant”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɔt̪əx/
Noun
bodach m (genitive singular bodaich, plural bodaich)
Derived terms
Terms derived from bodach
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