bodha

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Norse boði (“breaker”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈb̥o.ə/, /ˈb̥o.o/; (Lewis) [b̥oː˦˥˨], [b̥oː˥˧][1], (South Argyll) [ˈb̥oʔo][2]

Noun

bodha m (plural bodhachan)

  1. underwater rock, reef (over which waves break)
  2. breaker washing over said rock

Mutation

Mutation of bodha
radical lenition
bodha bhodha

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  2. ^ Jones, George (2009), “The Gaelic of South Argyll: Jura and Islay Dialects”, in J. Derrick McClure, John M. Kirk, Margaret C. Storrie, editors, A Land That Lies Westward: Language and Culture in Islay and Argyll, Edinburgh: J. Donald, →ISBN, page 6
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