Botsuáin

Irish

Etymology

From Tswana.

Proper noun

An Bhotsuáin f (genitive na Botsuáine)

  1. Botswana (a country in Southern Africa)
    Synonym: Poblacht na Botsuáine

Declension

Declension of Botsuáin (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative Botsuáin Botsuáina
vocative a Bhotsuáin a Bhotsuáina
genitive Botsuáine Botsuáin
dative Botsuáin Botsuáina
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an Bhotsuáin na Botsuáina
genitive na Botsuáine na mBotsuáin
dative leis an mBotsuáin
don Bhotsuáin 		leis na Botsuáina

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of Botsuáin
radical lenition eclipsis
Botsuáin Bhotsuáin mBotsuáin

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

Further reading

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