boim

See also: böim

Irish edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Irish boim, from Old Irish boimm, from Proto-Celtic *buxsman, from either Proto-Indo-European *bʰewg- (“to enjoy”)^[1] or *bʰewgʰ- (“to bend”).

Pronunciation edit

(Waterford) IPA^(key): /bˠaimʲ/
(Cork, Kerry, Galway) IPA^(key): /bˠiːmʲ/
(Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /bˠɪmʲ/

Noun edit

boim m (genitive singular boma, nominative plural bomanna)

(literary) piece, fragment

Declension edit

Declension of boim

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	boim	bomanna
Vocative	a bhoim	a bhomanna
Genitive	boma	bomanna
Dative	boim	bomanna

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an boim	na bomanna
Genitive	an bhoma	na mbomanna
Dative	leis an mboim don bhoim	leis na bomanna

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
boim	bhoim	mboim
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

^ Stüber, Karin (1998) The Historical Morphology of n-Stems in Celtic (Maynooth studies in Celtic linguistics; III), Department of Old Irish, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, →ISBN, page 69

Further reading edit

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “boim”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Romanian edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [boˈim]

Verb edit

boim

first-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of boi

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