Botsuáin

Irish

Etymology

From Tswana.

Proper noun

An Bhotsuáin f (genitive na Botsuáine)

1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

   Synonym: Poblacht na Botsuáine

Declension

Declension of Botsuáin

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative Botsuáin Botsuáina Vocative a Bhotsuáin a Bhotsuáina Genitive Botsuáine Botsuáin Dative Botsuáin Botsuáina

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an Bhotsuáin na Botsuáina Genitive na Botsuáine na mBotsuáin Dative leis an mBotsuáin don Bhotsuáin leis na Botsuáina

Derived terms

• Botsuánach (“Botswanan”, adjective)
• Botsuánach m (“Botswanan”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Botsuáin	Bhotsuáin	mBotsuáin
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “Botswana”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024