Scottish Gaelic word

bochdainn

poverty, disaster, bad luck, abjection

nounfeminine

bochdainn means “poverty, disaster, bad luck, abjection” in Scottish Gaelic and is used as a noun.

Mutation forms

Mutation	Form
Base form	bochdainn
Sèimheachadh	bhochdainn

Mar eisimpleir, anns a' bhàrdachd "Calbharaigh" is ann air bochdainn a' bhaile mhòir a tha e a' bualadh.

Descriptions

aitreabh

building, complex, dwelling

banaltram

nurse, nanny, foster-mother

bathar

goods; merchandise

beagan

a few, a small number

cabar

caber, large piece of wood

caolas

channel, narrows, kyle

cianalas

homesickness, longing, nostalgia

coileanadh

fulfilling, completing

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