Boisnia

Irish

Etymology

From English Bosnia.

Proper noun

An Bhoisnia f (genitive na Boisnia)

  1. Bosnia (a geographic region of Bosnia and Herzegovina, consisting of the northern three fourths of the country)
  2. Bosnia (a country in southeast Europe; in full, Boisnia-Heirseagaivéin (“Bosnia-Herzegovina”))

Declension

Declension of Boisnia (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative Boisnia
vocative a Bhoisnia
genitive Boisnia
dative Boisnia
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an Bhoisnia
genitive na Boisnia
dative leis an mBoisnia
don Bhoisnia

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of Boisnia
radical lenition eclipsis
Boisnia Bhoisnia mBoisnia

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

Further reading

  • “Boisnia”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
  • “Bhoisnia”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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