botach

Middle Irish

Etymology

bot (“tail; penis”) +‎ -ach

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbodəx/, /ˈbodax/

Noun

botach m

1. serf
2. rustic, peasant

Derived terms

• botachamlacht
• botachán

Descendants

• Irish: bodach
• Scottish Gaelic: bodach

Mutation

Mutation of botach

radical	lenition	nasalization
botach	botach pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/	mbotach

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “botach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language