bòrd
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle Irish bord (“edge, side, border, brink; board, table; seat, bench”)[1] (compare Irish bord, Manx boayrd), borrowed from Old English bord (“plank, table”).
Pronunciation
- (Lewis, Wester Ross) IPA(key): /b̥ɔːrˠt̪/, [b̥ɔː(ɻ)ʈ][2][3]
- (Harris, North Uist, Benbecula, Skye, Applecross) IPA(key): /b̥ɔːrˠs̪t̪/, [b̥ɔː(rˠ)ʂt̪][4][2]
- (South Uist) IPA(key): /b̥ɔː(rˠ)t̪/[2]
- (Barra) IPA(key): [b̥ɔːr̥ˠt̪][2]
Noun
bòrd m (genitive singular bùird, plural bùird)
Derived terms
- air bòrd (“on board, aboard”)
- anart-bùird (“tablecloth”)
- bòrd-beulaibh (“starboard”)
- bòrd-cùlaibh (“port (ship's side)”)
- bòrd-dubh (“blackboard”)
- bòrd-eun (“bird table”)
- bòrd-sgrìobhaidh (“desk”)
- bòrd-stiùiridh (“board of directors”)
- cairt-bhòrd (“cardboard”)
- spàin-bhùird (“tablespoon”)
- teanas-bùird (“table tennis”)
Verb
bòrd (past bhòrd, future bòrdaidh, verbal noun bòrdadh, past participle bòrdte)
Mutation
| radical | lenition |
|---|---|
| bòrd | bhòrd |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bord”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
- ^ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN
- ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
Further reading
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “bòrd”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][2], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN