bagair

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish bacraid (“threatens, speaks threateningly”), from bacar (“threat, act of threatening”).

Verb

bagair (present analytic bagraíonn, future analytic bagróidh, verbal noun bagairt, past participle bagartha) (ambitransitive)

  1. brandish
  2. threaten (with ar + the person threatened)
    ag bagairt báistí ― threatening rain
  3. drive (animals)
Conjugation
Conjugation of bagair (second conjugation)
indicative singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
present bagraím bagraíonn tú;
bagraír† 		bagraíonn sé, sí bagraímid;
bagraíonn muid 		bagraíonn sibh bagraíonn siad;
bagraíd† 		a bhagraíonn; a bhagraíos bagraítear
past bhagair mé; bhagraíos bhagair tú; bhagraís bhagair sé, sí bhagraíomar; bhagair muid bhagair sibh; bhagraíobhair bhagair siad; bhagraíodar a bhagair bagraíodh
past habitual bhagraínn /
bagraínn‡ 		bhagraíteá /
bagraíteᇠ		bhagraíodh sé, sí /
bagraíodh sé, sí‡ 		bhagraímis; bhagraíodh muid /
bagraímis‡; bagraíodh muid‡ 		bhagraíodh sibh /
bagraíodh sibh‡ 		bhagraídís; bhagraíodh /
bagraídís‡; bagraíodh siad‡ 		a bhagraíodh bhagraítí /
bagraítí‡
singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
future bagróidh mé;
bagród;
bagróchaidh mé† 		bagróidh tú;
bagróir†;
bagróchaidh tú† 		bagróidh sé, sí;
bagróchaidh sé, sí† 		bagróimid;
bagróidh muid;
bagróchaimid†;
bagróchaidh muid† 		bagróidh sibh;
bagróchaidh sibh† 		bagróidh siad;
bagróid†;
bagróchaidh siad† 		a bhagróidh; a bhagrós; a bhagróchaidh†; a bhagróchas† bagrófar; bagróchar†
conditional bhagróinn; bhagróchainn† /
bagróinn‡; bagróchainn†‡ 		bhagrófá; bhagróchthᆠ/
bagrófá‡; bagróchthᆇ 		bhagródh sé, sí; bhagróchadh sé, s토/
bagródh sé, sí‡; bagróchadh sé, s톇 		bhagróimis; bhagródh muid; bhagróchaimis†; bhagróchadh muid† /
bagróimis‡; bagródh muid‡; bagróchaimis†‡; bagróchadh muid†‡ 		bhagródh sibh; bhagróchadh sibh† /
bagródh sibh‡; bagróchadh sibh†‡ 		bhagróidís; bhagródh siad; bhagróchaidís†; bhagróchadh siad† /
bagróidís‡; bagródh siad‡; bagróchaidís†‡; bagróchadh siad†‡ 		a bhagródh; a bhagróchadh† bhagrófaí; bhagróchtha토/
bagrófaí‡; bagróchtha톇
subjunctive singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
present go mbagraí mé;
go mbagraíod† 		go mbagraí tú;
go mbagraír† 		go mbagraí sé, sí go mbagraímid;
go mbagraí muid 		go mbagraí sibh go mbagraí siad;
go mbagraíd† 		— go mbagraítear
past dá mbagraínn dá mbagraíteá dá mbagraíodh sé, sí dá mbagraímis;
dá mbagraíodh muid 		dá mbagraíodh sibh dá mbagraídís;
dá mbagraíodh siad 		— dá mbagraítí
imperative singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
— bagraím bagair bagraíodh sé, sí bagraímis bagraígí;
bagraídh† 		bagraídís — bagraítear
past participle bagraithe
verbal noun bagairt

† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form

Derived terms
  • bagair do mhéar (“to beckon (with a finger)”)
  • bagair do shúil (“to wink”)

Etymology 2

Noun

bagair m sg

  1. vocative/genitive singular of bagar (“threat”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of bagair
radical lenition eclipsis
bagair bhagair mbagair

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

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish bacraid (“threatens, speaks threateningly”), from bacar (“threat, act of threatening”).

Verb

bagair (past bhagair, future bagairidh, verbal noun bagairt or bagradh, past participle bagairte)

  1. threaten (with air)
    An do bhagair e ort? ― Did he threaten you?
  2. bluster

Mutation

Mutation of bagair
radical lenition
bagair bhagair

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

Further reading

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