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bog.

soft (giving way under pressure; lacking strength or resolve; requiring little or no effort; easy)

3 characters1 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

adj/bˠɔɡ/Munster/bˠoɡ/Connacht/bˠɞɡ/Ulster
  1. soft (giving way under pressure; lacking strength or resolve; requiring little or no effort; easy)

  2. flabby (of physical condition)

  3. soft, mellow, gentle (of sound, voice)

  4. wet

  5. mild, humid (of winter)

  6. loose

  7. lukewarm

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Irish boc (“soft”), from Proto-Celtic *buggos. The verb is from Old Irish bocaid (“to soften”), from the adjective.

noun/bˠɔɡ/Munster/bˠoɡ/Connacht/bˠɞɡ/Ulster
  1. something soft

    masculine
  2. lobe

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Irish boc (“soft”), from Proto-Celtic *buggos. The verb is from Old Irish bocaid (“to soften”), from the adjective.

verb/bˠɔɡ/Munster/bˠoɡ/Connacht/bˠɞɡ/Ulster
  1. soften, become soft; (of pain) ease; (of milk) warm; (of weather) get milder; soften, move (someone's heart)

    ambitransitive
  2. move, loosen; (of a cradle) rock

    ambitransitive
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Irish boc (“soft”), from Proto-Celtic *buggos. The verb is from Old Irish bocaid (“to soften”), from the adjective.

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