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balgam

balgam

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Noun

balgam m (genitive singular balgaim, plural balgaman)

  1. mouthful (of a drink), sip, gulp
    A bheil thu ag iarraidh balgam teatha?
    Do you want a drink of tea?

References

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
  • bolgum” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.