Boisniach

Irish

Etymology

From An Bhoisnia (“Bosnia”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Boisniach (genitive singular masculine Boisniaigh, genitive singular feminine Boisniaiche, plural Boisniacha, not comparable)

1. Bosnian

Declension

Declension of Boisniach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine
nominative	Boisniach	Bhoisniach	Boisniacha; Bhoisniacha2
vocative	Bhoisniaigh		Boisniacha
genitive		Boisniaiche	strong noun	weak noun
			Boisniacha	Boisniach
dative	Boisniach; Bhoisniach1	Bhoisniach; Bhoisniaigh (archaic)	Boisniacha; Bhoisniacha2
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

Boisniach m (genitive singular Boisniaigh, nominative plural Boisniaigh)

1. Bosnian

Declension

Declension of Boisniach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Boisniach Boisniaigh vocative a Bhoisniaigh a Bhoisniacha genitive Boisniaigh Boisniach dative Boisniach Boisniaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an Boisniach na Boisniaigh genitive an Bhoisniaigh na mBoisniach dative leis an mBoisniach don Bhoisniach leis na Boisniaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Boisniach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Boisniach	Bhoisniach	mBoisniach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• “Boisniach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025