botach

Middle Irish

Etymology

bot (“tail; penis”) +‎ -ach

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbodəx/, /ˈbodax/

Noun

botach m

serf
rustic, peasant

Derived terms

botachamlacht
botachán

Descendants

Irish: bodach
Scottish Gaelic: bodach

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
botach	botach pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/	mbotach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “botach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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