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bóthar

bóthar

Irish

Noun

bóthar m ‎(genitive singular bóthair, nominative plural bóithre)

road
Téigh trasna an bhóthair.‎ ― Cross the road.
way, manner
stream (of blood, sweat)

Declension

Declension of bóthar

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bóthar	bóithre
Vocative	a bhóthair	a bhóithre
Genitive	bóthair	bóithre
Dative	bóthar	bóithre

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an bóthar	na bóithre
Genitive	an bhóthair	na mbóithre
Dative	leis an mbóthar don bhóthar	leis na bóithre

Alternative plural: bóithrí (Cois Fharraige)

Synonyms

(road): ród
(road, way, manner): bealach

Derived terms

Terms derived from bóthar

bóithreán m ‎(“road dust”)
bóithreoir m ‎(“road-walker; traveller, vagrant”)
bóithrín m ‎(diminutive)
bóthar cuarach, cuarbhóthar ‎(“ring road”)
bóthar dola, bóthar paidhce ‎(“toll road, turnpike”)
bóthar iarainn ‎(“railroad”)
bóthar mór ‎(“main road”)
bóthar rochtana m ‎(“access road”)
bóthar trasna ‎(“cross-road”)
crosbhóthar ‎(“crossroad”)

deisitheoir bóithre m ‎(“road-mender”)
fobhóthar ‎(“byroad”)
go n-éirí an bóthar leat ‎(“bon voyage”)
leabhar bóithre m ‎(“road-book”)
léarscáil bóithre ‎(“road-map”)
mórbhóthar m ‎(“main road, highway”)
seachbhóthar ‎(“bypass”)
sliosbhóthar ‎(“slip road”)
suirbhéir bóithre m ‎(“road-surveyor”)
trébhóthar ‎(“through road”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bóthar	bhóthar	mbóthar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.