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bothy

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5 lettersPronunciation /ˈbɒθi/Sorted bhotyStarts with BEnds with Y0 clues
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Definitions

  1. A simple hut or shelter, especially in remote parts of Scotland.

Word origin

Probably from booth + -y (diminutive suffix). Booth is ultimately derived from Proto-Germanic *bōþō (“building; dwelling; hut”), from *būaną (“to dwell, reside”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to be”). The short vowel /ɒ/, /ɑ/, etc., in the first syllable instead of the long vowel /uː/ in booth may be due to the influence of Irish both and Scottish Gaelic both (“booth, hut”), which have the same etymology as booth.

Used in a sentence

  • Often Neil sat in their bothy on winter nights and told Calum about seas he had never seen.
  • Then, in the evening of the second day after I had climbed from the pupil of the right eye, I came upon a shepherd's bothy, a sort of beehive of stone, and found in it a cooking pot and a quantity of ground corn.
  • The Bog Creeper came out her wee bothy so I stood on the toilet seat and Lanna whipped her skirt down to her boots and sat.

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