botún

See also: botun

Irish

Etymology 1

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Noun

botún m (genitive singular botúin, nominative plural botúin)

1. farrier's knife
2. blunder, mistake, error
3. (tennis) fault

Synonyms

• (mistake, error): dearmad, earráid

Derived terms

• botún dúbailte (“double fault”)
• botúnach (“blundering; awkward”, adjective)
• botúnaí f (“blundering, awkwardness”)
• botúnaí m (“blunderer”)

 

Etymology 2

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Noun

botún m (genitive singular botúin, nominative plural botúin)

1. stomach of goose
2. fat fledgling

Declension

Declension of botún

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative botún botúin Vocative a bhotúin a bhotúna Genitive botúin botún Dative botún botúin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an botún na botúin Genitive an bhotúin na mbotún Dative leis an mbotún don bhotún leis na botúin

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “botún”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN