botach

Middle Irish

Etymology

bot (“tail; penis”) +‎ -ach

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbodəx/, /ˈbodax/

Noun

botach m

1. serf
2. rustic, peasant

Derived terms

• botachamlacht
• botachán

 

Descendants

• Irish: bodach
• Scottish Gaelic: bodach

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
botach	botach pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/	mbotach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “botach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language