bodhaig

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Scots bouk (“body, trunk”). Compare Old Norse búkr (“trunk (of the body), torso”), German Bauch (“belly, abdomen”), all from Proto-Germanic *būkaz (“belly, body”). The Gaelic word has been compared by Fick with English body, from Old English bodig, and Murray says it is thence derived, but the <d> would scarcely disappear and leave the soft <g> ending now so hard.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /po.ɪkʲ/

Noun

bodhaig f (genitive singular bodhaige, plural bodhaigean)

body (living)
physique

Derived terms

bodhaig an teacsa (“body of text”)
bodhaig sgudaichte (“dismembered corpse, chunked body (computing)”)
bodhaigeil (“somatic”)
bodhaigeach (“anatomical”)
ball-bodhaig (“limb, organ”)
spor bodhaig (“frisk, body search”)
cartadh-bodhaig (“detox”)
eòlas-bodhaige (“anatomy”)
gluasad-bodhaig (“gesture”)
gnìomh bodhaig (“bodily function”)
modhan-bodhaige (“body language”)
suathadh bodhaig (“massage”)
gaiseadh-bodhaig (“physical deformity”)
ath-bhall-bodhaig (“prosthetic limb, prosthesis”)
sporghail bodhaig (“frisking”)
eòlaiche-bodhaige (“anatomist”)
fàileadh bodhaige (“body odor”)
cànan na bodhaige (“body language”)
stocainnean-bodhaige (“tights”)
tabhartas bhall-bodhaig (“organ donation”)

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
bodhaig	bhodhaig
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.