bolscaire

bolscaire

Irish

Alternative forms

• bolsaire
• ballsaire, boillsuire, bollsaire, bollscaire, bollsgaire, bolsgaire (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠɔl̪ˠsˠkərʲə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠʌl̪ˠsˠərʲə/[1] (corresponding to the alternative form bolsaire)

Noun

bolscaire m (genitive singular bolscaire, nominative plural bolscairí)

1. crier, herald, announcer

   Synonym: aralt

2. propagandist, booster, publicist
3. blusterer

   Synonyms: bliústar, gal, galach

Declension

Declension of bolscaire

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative bolscaire bolscairí Vocative a bholscaire a bholscairí Genitive bolscaire bolscairí Dative bolscaire bolscairí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an bolscaire na bolscairí Genitive an bholscaire na mbolscairí Dative leis an mbolscaire don bholscaire leis na bolscairí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bolscaire	bholscaire	mbolscaire
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “bolscaire” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
• “bollscaire” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 76.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “bollsaire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• "bolscaire" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

References

1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 23