bagáiste
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Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English bagage, from Old French bagage, from bague (“bundle”).
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /bˠəˈɡɑːʃtʲə/[2]
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈbˠaɡɑːʃtʲə/
- (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈbʲɞɡɑːʃtʲə/[3] (influenced by beag (“small”))
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbˠaɡaʃtʲə/
Noun
bagáiste m (genitive singular bagáiste, nominative plural bagáistí)
- luggage, baggage
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 45:
- ȷ iniš šē ʒm̥sə gə ń-imĭōx šē əńú, marəx n̄ax rø ə vøgāšcī rē eǵə.
- [D’inis sé dhomsa go n-imeodh sé inniu, murach nach raibh a bhagáistí réidh aige.]
- He told me that he would leave today, only that he didn’t have his luggage ready.
Usage notes
The plural is rare, but is occasionally found with the same meaning as the singular.
Declension
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Derived terms
Mutation
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| bagáiste | bhagáiste | mbagáiste |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ “bagáiste”, 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 21
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 45
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “bagáiste”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 46
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bagáiste”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN