OF THE GAELIC LANGUAGE.
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ba!, part of lullaby; onomatopoetic. Cf. Eng. baby, Ger. bube, etc.
bà, bàth, foolish, Fernaig MS. bah: "deadly", (talky?), root bā-, kill (speak?); see bàs. Cf. Lat. fatuus.
babag, tassle; see pab.
babhd, a surmise (M'A.), a quirk; from Fr. faut.
babhsganta, baosganta, cowardly; see bodhbh; babhsgadh, fright, shock (Hend.).
bàbhun, bulwark, enclosure for cattle, Ir. bábhún, whence Eng. bawn, M. Ir. bódhún (Annals of Loch Cé, 1199); from bó and dùn, q.v.
bac, hindrance, Ir. bac, M. Ir. bacaim (vb.). See next word.
bac, a crook, Ir. bac, O. Ir. bacc, W. bach, Br. bac'h, Celtic bakko-s; *bag-ko-, Norse bak, Eng. back. Hence bacach, lame, E. Ir. bacach, W. bachog, crooked.
bacag, a fall, tripping; from bac, q.v.
bac-mòine, turf-pit or bank (N.H.); from Norse bakki, a bank, Eng. bank. Hence also place-name Back.
bacaid, ash holder, backet; from Sc. backet, from Fr. baquet
bacastair, baker, bacaladh, oven, Ir. bacail, baker; all from the Eng. bake, baxter.
bacan, stake, hinge, Ir. and E. Ir. bacán. From bac.
bach, drunkenness, Ir. bach: from Lat. Bacchus.
bachall, shepherd's crook, crozier, Ir. bachul, O. Ir. bachall, W. bagl, crutch; from Lat. baculum, staff; Gr. βακτηριά, Eng. bacteria. Bachull gille, slovenly fellow (M'D.).
bachar, acorn, "Molucca bean", Ir. bachar; forrowed from or allied to Lat. baccar, Gr. βάκκαρις, nard.
bachlag, a shoot, a curl, Ir. bachlóg; from bachall (Thurneysen).
bachoid, the boss of a shield, Ir. bocoide, bosses of shields; from L. Lat. buccatus, Lat. bucca, cheek. See bucaid.
bad, a cluster, thicket; cf. Br. bot, bod, bunch of grapes, thicket; common in Breton and Scotch place names; probably a Pictish word. Cf. Eng. bud, earlier bodde. Cf. Lat. fascis (*fað-scis), *bað-sk-, Norse, Eng. bast?
badhal, a wandering, bàdharan; possibly from the root ba, go, as in bothar, q.v. H.S.D. suggests bà+dol.
bàdhan, a churchyard (Sutherland), i.e. "enclosure", same as bàbhun.
bàdhar (H.S.D.), badhar (Carm.), placenta of cow:
bag, a bag; from the Eng.
bagaid, a cluster, troop, W. bagad, Br. bogod; from Lat. bacca (Thurneysen, Ernault).
