boim

See also: böim

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish boim, from Old Irish boimm, from Proto-Celtic *buxsman, from either Proto-Indo-European *bʰewg- (“to enjoy”)[1] or *bʰewgʰ- (“to bend”).

Pronunciation

Noun

boim m (genitive singular boma, nominative plural bomanna)

  1. (literary) piece, fragment

Declension
Declension of boim

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative boim bomanna
Vocative a bhoim a bhomanna
Genitive boma bomanna
Dative boim bomanna

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an boim na bomanna
Genitive an bhoma na mbomanna
Dative leis an mboim

don bhoim

 leis na bomanna

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
boim bhoim mboim
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Stüber, Karin (1998) The Historical Morphology of n-Stems in Celtic (Maynooth studies in Celtic linguistics; III), Department of Old Irish, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, →ISBN, page 69

Further reading

Romanian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [boˈim]

Verb

boim

  1. first-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of boi
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