baoghal

Irish

Noun

baoghal m (genitive singular baoghail)

Classical and Superseded spelling of baol (“danger”).

Declension

Declension of baoghal (first declension, no plural)

bare forms
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

Mutated forms of *baoghal*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
baoghal	bhaoghal	mbaoghal

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “baoghal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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)

References

Edward Dwelly (1911) “baoghal”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “báegul”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language