noun · rare

bothy

bothy · bothies

хижина

Schutzhütte

A small cottage or hutA small cottage or hut; specifically (Scotland), one often left unlocked for communal use in a remote, often mountainous, area by hikers, labourers, etc.

UK/ˈbɒθi/US/ˈbɑθi/

Meaning

3 senses

A small cottage or hut; specifically (Scotland), one often left unlocked for communal use in a remote, often mountainous, area by hikers, labourers, etc.
Schutzhütte
хижинаxižina
A building for workers to rest in.
(historical)A building on a farm, sometimes with just one room, for (usually unmarried male) farmworkers or other labourers to live in.

Translations

4 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

small cottage or hut; specifically, one often left unlocked for communal use in a remote, often mountainous, area by hikers, labourers, etc.:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

small cottage or hut; specifically, one often left unlocked for communal use in a remote, often mountainous, area by hikers, labourers, etc.:

Origin

Probably from booth + -y (diminutive suffix). Booth is ultimately derived from Proto-Germa

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.

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