Irish
Etymology
From bó (“cow”) + teach (“house”).
Pronunciation
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbɔiha(x)/
Noun
bóitheach m (genitive singular bóithigh, nominative plural bóithigh)
- cowshed, byre
- Synonym: cró beithíoch
Declension
Declension of bóitheach (first declension)
|
|
Mutation
Mutated forms of bóitheach
| radical
|
lenition
|
eclipsis
|
| bóitheach
|
bhóitheach
|
mbóitheach
|
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “bóiṫeaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 75
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bóitheach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 58