# 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) (transitive, intransitive)
* brandish
* threaten (with ar + the person threatened)
    ag bagairt báistí ― threatening rain
* drive (animals)

##### Conjugation

| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| | | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative | present | bagraím | bagraíonn tú; bagraír$^†$ | bagraíonn sé, sí | bagraímid; bagraíonn muid | bagraíonn sibh | bagraíonn siad; bagraíd$^†$ | a bhagraíonn; a bhagraíos / a mbagraíonn* | bagraítear |
| indicative | past | bhagair mé; bhagraíos | bhagair tú; bhagraís | bhagair sé, sí | bhagraíomar; bhagair muid | bhagair sibh; bhagraíobhair | bhagair siad; bhagraíodar | a bhagair / ar bhagair* | bagraíodh |
| indicative | past habitual | bhagraínn / mbagraínn‡‡ | bhagraíteá / mbagraíteá‡‡ | bhagraíodh sé, sí / mbagraíodh sé, sí‡‡ | bhagraímis; bhagraíodh muid / mbagraímis‡‡; mbagraíodh muid‡‡ | bhagraíodh sibh / mbagraíodh sibh‡‡ | bhagraídís; bhagraíodh siad / mbagraídís‡‡; mbagraíodh siad‡‡ | a bhagraíodh / a mbagraíodh* | bhagraítí / mbagraítí‡‡ |
| future | 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$^†$ / a mbagróidh*; a mbagróchaidh*$^†$ | bagrófar; bagróchar$^†$ |
| conditional | conditional | bhagróinn; bhagróchainn$^†$ / mbagróinn‡‡; mbagróchainn$^†$‡‡ | bhagrófá; bhagróchthá$^†$ / mbagrófá‡‡; mbagróchthá$^†$‡‡ | bhagródh sé, sí; bhagróchadh sé, sí$^†$ / mbagródh sé, sí‡‡; mbagróchadh sé, sí$^†$‡‡ | bhagróimis; bhagródh muid; bhagróchaimis$^†$; bhagróchadh muid$^†$ / mbagróimis‡‡; mbagródh muid‡‡; mbagróchaimis$^†$‡‡; mbagróchadh muid$^†$‡‡ | bhagródh sibh; bhagróchadh sibh$^†$ / mbagródh sibh‡‡; mbagróchadh sibh$^†$‡‡ | bhagróidís; bhagródh siad; bhagróchadh siad$^†$ / mbagróidís‡‡; mbagródh siad‡‡; mbagróchadh siad$^†$‡‡ | a bhagródh; a bhagróchadh$^†$ / a mbagródh*; a mbagróchadh*$^†$ | bhagrófaí; bhagróchthaí$^†$ / mbagrófaí‡‡; mbagróchthaí$^†$‡‡ |
| subjunctive | 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 |
| subjunctive | 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 | imperative | bagraím | bagair | bagraíodh sé, sí | bagraímis | bagraígí; bagraídh$^†$ | bagraídís | — | bagraítear |
| verbal noun | verbal noun | bagairt | bagairt | bagairt | bagairt | bagairt | bagairt | bagairt | bagairt |
| past participle | past participle | bagraithe | bagraithe | bagraithe | bagraithe | bagraithe | bagraithe | bagraithe | bagraithe |
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form ‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

##### Derived terms

* bagair do mhéar (“to beckon (with a finger)”)
* bagair do shúil (“to wink”)

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

bagair m sg
* vocative/genitive singular of bagar (“threat”)

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bagair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bacraid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “bagair”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “bagair”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

## 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)
* threaten (with air)
    An do bhagair e ort? ― Did he threaten you?
* bluster

### 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