baois

Irish

Alternative forms

• baos (Ulster)

Etymology

From Old Irish báes, from Proto-Celtic *baissā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bˠiːʃ/

Noun

baois f (genitive singular baoise)

1. folly

Declension

Declension of baois (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative baois vocative a bhaois genitive baoise dative baois forms with the definite article case singular nominative an bhaois genitive na baoise dative leis an mbaois don bhaois

Related terms

• baoth

Mutation

Mutated forms of baois

radical	lenition	eclipsis
baois	bhaois	mbaois

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

Further reading

• “baois”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “báes, baís”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “baois”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 53
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “baois”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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Noun

baois f (genitive singular baoise, no plural)

1. lewdness, lust

Derived terms

• baoiseach (“lewd, lustful”)
• baoiseachd (“lewdness, lust”)

Related terms

• draosda (“lewd, smutty, obscene, prurient”)
• draosdachd (“lewdness, smut, obscenity”)
• drùis (“lechery, licentiousness, lust; ooze, perspiration”)
• drùiseach (“licentious, lustful”)
• drùisealachd (“lecherousness, whoring, lewdness”)
• drùiseantachd (“pornography”)
• drùisear (“whoremonger, fornicator, lecher”)
• drùisearachd (“lecherousness, whoremongering”)
• drùiseil (“horny, lascivious, libidinous, lusty, randy, venereal, wanton”)
• drùisire (“lecher”)