bóthar
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish bóthar, from Proto-Celtic *bow-itros (“cow path”), equivalent to *bāus + *itos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁itós. MacBain instead compares Ancient Greek βαίνω (baínō, “I walk”), from *gʷem- (“to step”).[1]
Cognate with Welsh beidr (“lane, track”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bóthar m (genitive singular bóthair, nominative plural bóithre or bóithrí) (abbreviated Br.)
Declension edit
Declension of bóthar
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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- Alternative plural: bóithrí (Cois Fharraige)
Derived terms edit
- bóithreán (“road dust”)
- bóithreoir (“road-walker; traveller, vagrant”)
- bóithrín (diminutive)
- bóthar cuarach, cuarbhóthar
- bóthar dola, bóthar paidhce
- bóthar iarainn
- bóthar mór (“main road”)
- bóthar rochtana
- bóthar trasna (“cross-road”)
- crosbhóthar
- deisitheoir bóithre (“road-mender”)
- fobhóthar
- go n-éirí an bóthar leat
- leabhar bóithre (“road-book”)
- léarscáil bóithre (“road-map”)
- mórbhóthar
- seachbhóthar
- sliosbhóthar
- suirbhéir bóithre (“road-surveyor”)
- trébhóthar
Descendants edit
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| bóthar | bhóthar | mbóthar |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References edit
- ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “bóthar”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN, page 44
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bóthar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “bóthar” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 48
- Entries containing “bóthar” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.