bóthar

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish bóthar, from Proto-Celtic *bow-itros (“cow path”); cognate with Welsh beidr (“lane, track”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbˠoːhəɾˠ/
(Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠoːɾˠ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠɔhəɾˠ/

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

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.

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