bochd

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish [Term?], from Old Irish bocht (“poor”). Cognates include Irish bocht and Manx boght.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔxk/

Adjective

bochd (comparative bochda)

1. poor (having little money)
2. poor (deserving sympathy)
3. sick, ill (in poor health)

Declension

Declension of bochd (type III adjective)

	Masculine	Feminine	Plural
Nominative	bochd	bhochd	bochda
Genitive	bhochd	bochda	bochda
Dative	bochd	bhochd	bochda
Vocative	bhochd	bhochd	bochda

Noun

bochd m

1. poor (person)
2. (in plural) the poor

Declension

Declension of bochd (class IIe masculine noun)

Indefinite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bochd	bochdan
Genitive	bochd	bhochdan
Dative	bochd	bochdan
Definite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	(am) bochd	(na) bochdan
Genitive	(a') bhochd	(nam) bochdan
Dative	(a') bhochd	(na) bochdan
Vocative	bhochd	bhochdan

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
bochd	bhochd
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Colin Mark (2003) “bochd”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 83