bóthar

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish bóthar, from Proto-Celtic *bow-itros (“cow path”), equivalent to *bāus + *itos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁itós. MacBain instead compares Ancient Greek βαίνω (baínō, “I walk”), from *gʷem- (“to step”).

Cognate with Welsh beidr (“lane, track”).

Pronunciation

Noun

bóthar m (genitive singular bóthair, nominative plural bóithre or bóithrí) (abbreviated Br.)

  1. road
    Synonyms: bealach, ród
    Téigh trasna an bhóthair. ― Cross the road.
  2. way, manner
    Synonym: bealach
  3. stream (of blood, sweat)

Declension

Declension of bóthar

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative bóthar bóithre
Vocative a bhóthair a bhóithre
Genitive bóthair bóithre
Dative bóthar bóithre

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an bóthar na bóithre
Genitive an bhóthair na mbóithre
Dative leis an mbóthar

don bhóthar

leis na bóithre

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Yola: boagher, bogher, bargher, bater

Mutation

Irish mutation
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

  1. ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “bóthar”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN, page 44

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