Boisniach

Irish

Etymology

From An Bhoisnia (“Bosnia”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Boisniach (genitive singular masculine Boisniaigh, genitive singular feminine Boisniaiche, plural Boisniacha, not comparable)

  1. Bosnian

Declension

Declension of Boisniach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative Boisniach Bhoisniach Boisniacha;
Bhoisniacha2
vocative Bhoisniaigh Boisniacha
genitive Boisniaiche Boisniacha Boisniach
dative Boisniach;
Bhoisniach1 		Bhoisniach;
Bhoisniaigh (archaic) 		Boisniacha;
Bhoisniacha2
Comparative (not comparable)
Superlative (not comparable)

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

Boisniach m (genitive singular Boisniaigh, nominative plural Boisniaigh)

  1. Bosnian

Declension

Declension of Boisniach (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative Boisniach Boisniaigh
vocative a Bhoisniaigh a Bhoisniacha
genitive Boisniaigh Boisniach
dative Boisniach Boisniaigh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an Boisniach na Boisniaigh
genitive an Bhoisniaigh na mBoisniach
dative leis an mBoisniach
don Bhoisniach 		leis na Boisniaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Boisniach
radical lenition eclipsis
Boisniach Bhoisniach mBoisniach

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

Further reading

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