bodha

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Norse boði (breaker).

Pronunciation

Noun

bodha m (plural bodhachan)

  1. underwater rock, reef (over which waves break)
  2. breaker washing over said rock

Mutation

Mutation of bodha
radical lenition
bodha bhodha

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap