bodha

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse boði (breaker).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bodha m (plural bodhachan)

  1. underwater rock, reef (over which waves break)
  2. breaker washing over said rock

Mutation

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Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
bodha bhodha
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap