bóiricín

Irish

Alternative forms

• bóirichín

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare bórach (“bow-legged”, adjective).

Noun

bóiricín m (genitive singular bóiricín)

1. bow-leggedness
2. bow-legged person

Declension

Declension of bóiricín (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative bóiricín vocative a bhóiricín genitive bóiricín dative bóiricín forms with the definite article case singular nominative an bóiricín genitive an bhóiricín dative leis an mbóiricín don bhóiricín

Synonyms

• (bow-leggedness): gabhlánaí f
• (bow-legged person): bórachán m, gabhlaí m, scairíneach m

Mutation

Mutated forms of bóiricín

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bóiricín	bhóiricín	mbóiricín

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bóiricín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN