bóthar
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish bóthar, from Proto-Celtic *bow-itrom (“cow path”).
Cognate with Welsh beidr (“lane, track”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bóthar m (genitive singular bóthair, nominative plural bóithre or bóithrí) (abbreviated Br.)
Declension
[edit]Declension of bóthar
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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- Alternative plural: bóithrí (Cois Fharraige)
Derived terms
[edit]- bóithreán (“road dust”)
- bóithreoir (“road-walker; traveller, vagrant”)
- bóithrín (diminutive)
- bóthar cuarach, cuarbhóthar
- bóthar dola, bóthar paidhce
- bóthar iarainn
- bóthar mór (“main road”)
- bóthar rochtana
- bóthar trasna (“cross-road”)
- crosbhóthar
- deisitheoir bóithre (“road-mender”)
- fobhóthar
- go n-éirí an bóthar leat
- leabhar bóithre (“road-book”)
- léarscáil bóithre (“road-map”)
- mórbhóthar
- seachbhóthar
- sliosbhóthar
- suirbhéir bóithre (“road-surveyor”)
- trébhóthar
Descendants
[edit]Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
bóthar | bhóthar | mbóthar |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
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Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bóthar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “bóthar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 48
- “bóthar”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024