bothán

From Middle Irish bothán (compare Scottish Gaelic bothan). By surface analysis, both +‎ -án.

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /bˠəˈhɑːn̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠɔhɑːnˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠɔhanˠ/

bothán m (genitive singular botháin, nominative plural botháin)

1. hut

   Synonym: cró

2. cabin

   Synonyms: bothóg, cábán

3. shack, shanty
4. shed

   Synonyms: seid, cró

• “bothán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bothán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “boṫán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 78
• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 47
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bothán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN