boghdóir

Irish

Alternative forms

• boghadóir

Etymology

From Middle Irish bogatóir, from boga (“bow”) (compare modern bogha), from Old Norse bogi. Equivalent to bogha +‎ -dóir.

Noun

boghdóir m (genitive singular boghdóra, nominative plural boghdóirí)

1. archer, bowman

   Synonym: saighdeoir

Declension

Declension of boghdóir (third declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative boghdóir boghdóirí vocative a bhoghdóir a bhoghdóirí genitive boghdóra boghdóirí dative boghdóir boghdóirí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an boghdóir na boghdóirí genitive an bhoghdóra na mboghdóirí dative leis an mboghdóir don bhoghdóir leis na boghdóirí

Derived terms

• boghdóireacht (“archery”)

Related terms

• bogha (“bow”)
• saighdeoireacht (“archery”)
• saighead (“arrow”)
• truaill saighead (“quiver”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of boghdóir

radical	lenition	eclipsis
boghdóir	bhoghdóir	mboghdóir

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “boghdóir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “boghdóir”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “boghdóir”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025