bothóg

Irish

Etymology

From both +‎ -óg.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /bəˈhoːɡ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔhoːɡ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔhɔɡ/

Noun

bothóg f (genitive singular bothóige, nominative plural bothóga)

1. cottage, hut

Declension

Declension of bothóg

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative bothóg bothóga Vocative a bhothóg a bhothóga Genitive bothóige bothóg Dative bothóg bothóig (archaic, dialectal) bothóga

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an bhothóg na bothóga Genitive na bothóige na mbothóg Dative leis an mbothóg leis an mbothóig (archaic, dialectal) don bhothóg don bhothóig (archaic, dialectal) leis na bothóga

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bothóg	bhothóg	mbothóg
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “bothóg”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bothóc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “boṫóg”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 78
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bothóg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 67