both

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Determiner 1.3.1 Translations 1.3.2 See also 2 Irish 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 2.3.1 Declension 2.3.2 Mutation

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: bōth, IPA: /bəʊθ/, SAMPA: /b@UT/

  Rhymes: -əʊθ

• (US) enPR: bōth, IPA: /boʊθ/, SAMPA: /boUT/

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  Rhymes: -oʊθ

[edit] Etymology

Via Middle English from Old Norse báðir.

[edit] Determiner

both

1. Each of the two; one and the other.

   "Did you want this one or that one?" "Give me both."

   Both children are such dolls.

[edit] Translations

[edit] See also

2 2nd couple double dual

neither pair second twice two

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[edit] Irish

[edit] Etymology

From Old Irish both < Proto-Celtic *butā (cf. Middle Welsh bot (“‘dwelling’”)) < Proto-Indo-European *bhuH- (“‘to be’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [bˠɔh], [bˠɔ]

[edit] Noun

both f.

1. hut

[edit] Declension

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative both bothanna Vocative a bhoth a bhothanna Genitive botha bothanna Dative both bothanna

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an bhoth na bothanna Genitive na botha na mbothanna Dative leis an mboth don bhoth leis na bothanna

[edit] Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
both	bhoth	mboth
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.