- bagair
- threaten, so Irish, Early Irish bacur, a threat. The Welsh bygwl, a threat, etc., is scarcely allied, for it comes from bwg, a spectre, bogie, whence possibly the English words bogie, boggle, etc. Gaelic bagair may be allied with the root underlying bac; possibly bag-gar-, "cry-back".
Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. Alexander Gairm Publications. 1982.