boiseog
Irish
Noun
boiseog f (genitive singular boiseoig, nominative plural boiseoga)
- slap, cuff (blow dealt with the open hand)
- Thug mo mháthair boiseog dom.
- My mother slapped me.
- (literally, “…gave me a slap”)
- clap (slap with the hand, usually in a jovial manner), pat (light tap or slap)
- palmful of water
- Cuir boiseog ar d’aghaidh is bí ag teacht.
- Splash some water on your face and come along.
- (literally, “Put a palmful of water on your face…”)
- ripple (moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid)
- Synonym: cuilithín
Declension
Declension of boiseog
Second declension
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| boiseog | bhoiseog | mboiseog |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “baiseog”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “boiseog”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- “busóg”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 88
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “baiseóc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “basóg”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 57
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “boiseog”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 75
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “boiseog”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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