boghdóireacht

Irish

Alternative forms

• boghadóireacht

Etymology

From boghdóir (“archer”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

boghdóireacht f (genitive singular boghdóireachta)

1. archery

   Synonym: saighdeoireacht

Declension

Declension of boghdóireacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative boghdóireacht vocative a bhoghdóireacht genitive boghdóireachta dative boghdóireacht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an bhoghdóireacht genitive na boghdóireachta dative leis an mboghdóireacht don bhoghdóireacht

Related terms

• bogha (“bow”)

See also

• saighdeoir (“archer”)
• saighead (“arrow”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of boghdóireacht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
boghdóireacht	bhoghdóireacht	mboghdóireacht

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “boghdóireacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “boghdóireacht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “boghdóireacht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024