# bodach
## English
### Noun

bodach (plural bodachs)
* A trickster or bogeyman figure in Gaelic folklore.

## Irish
### Pronunciation

* (Munster) IPA: /bˠəˈd̪ˠɑx/
* (Connacht) IPA: /ˈbˠɔd̪ˠəx/
* (Ulster) IPA: /ˈbˠʌd̪ˠa(h)/

### Etymology 1

bod (“penis”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix)

#### Adjective

bodach (genitive singular masculine bodaigh, genitive singular feminine bodaí, plural bodacha, comparative bodaí)
* (archaic) lusty, virile

##### Declension

$^1$ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article. $^2$ When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

### Etymology 2

From Middle Irish botach (“serf, rustic, peasant”).

#### Noun

bodach m (genitive singular bodaigh, nominative plural bodaigh)
* boor, churl, lout
    Proverb: Tabhair rogha don bhodach agus tógfaidh sé an díogha. ― Give a beggar a horse and he will ride to the devil.
* male crab

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
bodach
bodaigh
vocative
a bhodaigh
a bhodacha
genitive
bodaigh
bodach
dative
bodach
bodaigh
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an bodach
na bodaigh
genitive
an bhodaigh
na mbodach
dative
leis an mbodach don bhodach
leis na bodaigh :

##### Derived terms

* An Bodach (“Orion”)
* bodach bóthair (“vagrant, tramp”)
* bodach buí (“pollock”)
* bodach donn, bodach rua (“cod”)
* bodach gliogair (“yellow rattle”)
* bodach gorm (“field scabious”)
* bodach mór (“ling; bigwig”)
* bodachán (“snipe; measure”)
* garbhán bodaigh (“coarse, wild, kale”)

### Mutation

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

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bodach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “botach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 47

## Scots
### Etymology

Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic bodach.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɔ.dəx/

### Noun

bodach (plural bodachs)
* (dialectal) old man

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

From Middle Irish botach (“serf, rustic, peasant”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈb̥ɔt̪əx/, (Lewis) [ˈb̥ɔ̞t̪əx]
* Hyphenation: bod‧ach

### Noun

bodach m (genitive singular bodaich, plural bodaich)
* old man

#### Derived terms

* Bodach na Nollaige (“Father Christmas, Santa Claus”)
* bodach ròcais (“scarecrow”)
* bodach-sneachda (“snowman”)

### See also

* cailleach

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “botach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

### Further reading

* Edward Dwelly (1911) “bodach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN