bochd

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish , from Old Irish bocht (“poor”). Cognates include Irish bocht and Manx boght.

Pronunciation

Adjective

bochd (comparative bochda)

  1. poor (having little money)
  2. poor (deserving sympathy)
  3. sick, ill (in poor health)

Declension

Declension of bochd (type III adjective)
Masculine Feminine Plural
Nominative bochd bhochd bochda
Genitive bhochd bochda bochda
Dative bochd bhochd bochda
Vocative bhochd bhochd bochda

Noun

bochd m

  1. poor (person)
  2. (in plural) the poor

Declension

Declension of bochd (class IIe masculine noun)
Indefinite
Singular Plural
Nominative bochd bochdan
Genitive bochd bhochdan
Dative bochd bochdan
Definite
Singular Plural
Nominative (am) bochd (na) bochdan
Genitive (a') bhochd (nam) bochdan
Dative (a') bhochd (na) bochdan
Vocative bhochd bhochdan

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
bochd bhochd
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • Colin Mark (2003) “bochd”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 83
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