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bolgam

bolgam

Irish

Noun

bolgam m ‎(genitive singular bolgaim, nominative plural bolgaim or bolgamacha)

mouthful

Declension

Declension of bolgam

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bolgam	bolgaim
Vocative	a bholgaim	a bholgama
Genitive	bolgaim	bolgam
Dative	bolgam	bolgaim

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an bolgam	na bolgaim
Genitive	an bholgaim	na mbolgam
Dative	leis an mbolgam don bholgam	leis na bolgaim

Alternative plurals: bolgamacha, bolgamanna

Derived terms

bolgam beag ‎(“sip; cup of tea between meals”)
bolgam cainte ‎(“strong statement”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bolgam	bholgam	mbolgam
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"bolgam" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“bolgum” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.