botún

See also: botun

Irish

Etymology 1

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Noun

botún m (genitive singular botúin, nominative plural botúin)

1. farrier's knife
2. blunder, mistake, error
3. (tennis) fault

Synonyms

• (mistake, error): dearmad, earráid

Derived terms

• botún dúbailte (“double fault”)
• botúnach (“blundering; awkward”, adjective)
• botúnaí f (“blundering, awkwardness”)
• botúnaí m (“blunderer”)

 

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

botún m (genitive singular botúin, nominative plural botúin)

1. stomach of goose
2. fat fledgling

Declension

Declension of botún (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative botún botúin vocative a bhotúin a bhotúna genitive botúin botún dative botún botúin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an botún na botúin genitive an bhotúin na mbotún dative leis an mbotún don bhotún leis na botúin

Mutation

Mutated forms of botún

radical	lenition	eclipsis
botún	bhotún	mbotún

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) “botún”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN