n
ā, f. (see Osthoff,
ZCP vi 415
). b.¤
f.,
IGT Decl. § 39.
hut, bothy, cot; cabin:
in tabernaculis .i. botha,
Thes. i 3.28
.
b.¤ quasi beith, a nomine ebraico beth, quasi domus
,
Corm. Y 171.
a mbothaibh (glossing a gcubaibh),
H 3.18, 212.25
.
b.¤ bec i mbither ocomét ubúll gl. umbraculo,
Ml. 100c21
.
screpul cacha bóbotha,
LL 13006
(`
cow-shed
',
RC xiv 430
§ 56
). Botha ainm in puirtsin, ūair dogēnsad botha (forro,
add. LU)
and,
TBC-I¹ 903
,
904
. botha ┐ bélscáláin `
bothies
',
TBC-LL² 320
.
na bí i mbaegulan braith / t'oenurán it boith,
LL 18913
(
KMMisc. 266 § 27
). adhbhur boithe ┐ bēlsgálain
`
hunting-bothy
' (Vocab.),
Feis Tighe Chonáin 52.
giollanraidh each ag
búain bh.¤
i.e. cutting wood for huts,
IGT Decl. ex. 473.
caitior fiodhbhadh le boing mb.¤
`constructing huts',
LBranach
267
. Of oratories, cells, etc.: dorignesium tra a boith (of
Colum Cille),
Three Hom. 104.17
. i mboith aroli meic lēgend
`cell',
MacCongl. 53.21
.
mētt mo boithi,
K. and H. 10.
do-
rinde Columb cille a b.¤ . . . ┐ ni ag an dorus do bi ar an
eclais . . . dorinde se hi `bothy',
BCC 71.
As place of resort
for poetic composition: ionmhain b.¤ dhiamhair dhána
`mystic hut of poesy',
Studies 1924, 89 § 29
. ní clos sgolaidhe
. . . / . . . / ag túr lighe i leabthaibh b.¤
(on the decay of the
poetic order),
DDána 115.5
. gan boith ndiamhoir, gan
deacoir `without a dark hut' (of composing verse in the open
air),
Studies 1920, 261 § 2
. Further applications: tainig aen
do moghadhaib in rig . . . ┐ ros fug leis do cum a boithe
`
cabin
',
Todd Nenn. 80.8
. rolotted mo b.¤
`hut' (of a leper),
RC xiii 82.1
. cian do bhíoth a mbothaibh slat (of Cormac
Mac Airt),
O'Hara 1711.
láimh ris an mbaile nó ris an
mboith,
Keat. ii 4710.
a b.¤
`her shieling' (of a deceased
patron),
O'Rah. 126.10 (1900)
.
Legal = 2 bothach (`seems to be used in the sense of
cottier tenants
,' Plummer MS. notes): o ceilib .i. botha ┐ senchleth `botha . . . persons',
Laws v 358.13 Comm.
cuir . . .
na mb.¤ itir sochur ┐ dochur do taithmech uile fri re mis iar
fis `of cottiers',
ii 218.11 Comm.
With qual. g
s. ainm do boith légind (gl. cudbud),
LU 1146
(ACC Comm.). mó na b.¤ leptha a leth-chlúas `
sleeping-hut
',
Metr. Dinds. iv 138.22
(see
ZCP xxix 187
). b.¤ folachta
`a cooking-tent
',
Laws i 206.4 Comm.
asiad tighe na mainistre robtar botha longpuirt dóibh `
military quarters
',
AFM iii 130.2
.
In nn. loc. ?
cath Botha,
RC xvii 180.10
(Tig.).
do
Bhoith chnó budhtúaid,
Acall. 1941.
See
Hog. Onom. (also
Botha
,
Ráith B.
).
Compds.
d'fhios Teamhrach bothbhuige Breagh,
Aithd. D.
16.26
. cath Slebi Betha bothbricc of S.B. speckled with huts,
LL 2003.
go Clár mbothlongach mBalair `abounding in
house-like ships' (Gloss.),
O'R. Poems 1488.