bóithrín

Irish

Etymology

From bóthar (“road”) +‎ -ín (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /bˠoːhəˈɾʲiːnʲ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠoːhɾʲiːnʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠɔːhɾʲinʲ/

Noun

bóithrín m (genitive singular bóithrín, nominative plural bóithríní)

1. diminutive of bóthar
2. a small, quite often badly maintained track or lane, commonly found in rural areas.

Declension

Declension of bóithrín (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative bóithrín bóithríní vocative a bhóithrín a bhóithríní genitive bóithrín bóithríní dative bóithrín bóithríní forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an bóithrín na bóithríní genitive an bhóithrín na mbóithríní dative leis an mbóithrín don bhóithrín leis na bóithríní

Descendants

• → English: boreen, bohereen, bohireen

Mutation

Mutated forms of bóithrín

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bóithrín	bhóithrín	mbóithrín

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

Further reading

• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 48
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bóithrín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN