borrúil
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
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Adjective
[edit]borrúil (genitive singular masculine borrúil, genitive singular feminine borrúla, plural borrúla, comparative borrúla)
- rich (of soil)
- fast-growing (of plants)
- go-ahead, enterprising (of persons)
- puffy
Declension
[edit]Declension of borrúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | borrúil | bhorrúil | borrúla; bhorrúla² | |
| Vocative | bhorrúil | borrúla | ||
| Genitive | borrúla | borrúla | borrúil | |
| Dative | borrúil; bhorrúil¹ |
bhorrúil | borrúla; bhorrúla² | |
| Comparative | níos borrúla | |||
| Superlative | is borrúla | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
[edit]- borrúlacht f (“growth, expansion; enterprise; puffiness”)
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| borrúil | bhorrúil | mborrúil |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “borrúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN