bóithrín

== Irish == === Etymology === From bóthar (“road”) +‎ -ín (diminutive suffix). === Pronunciation === (Munster) IPA(key): /bˠoːhəˈɾʲiːnʲ/ (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈbˠoːhɾʲiːnʲ/ (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbˠɔːhɾʲinʲ/ === Noun === bóithrín m (genitive singular bóithrín, nominative plural bóithríní) diminutive of bóthar a small, quite often badly maintained track or lane, commonly found in rural areas. ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== → English: boreen, bohereen, bohireen → Yola: boreen === Mutation === === Further reading === Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 48 Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “bóithrín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN