Botsuáin

Irish

Etymology

From Tswana.

Proper noun

An Bhotsuáin f (genitive na Botsuáine)

1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)

   Synonym: Poblacht na Botsuáine

Declension

Declension of Botsuáin (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Botsuáin Botsuáina vocative a Bhotsuáin a Bhotsuáina genitive Botsuáine Botsuáin dative Botsuáin Botsuáina forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an Bhotsuáin na Botsuáina genitive na Botsuáine na mBotsuáin dative leis an mBotsuáin don Bhotsuáin leis na Botsuáina

Derived terms

• Botsuánach (“Botswanan”, adjective)
• Botsuánach m (“Botswanan”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of Botsuáin

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Botsuáin	Bhotsuáin	mBotsuáin

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

Further reading

• “Botswana”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024