bórás

See also: boras and Borås

Irish

Etymology

From Middle English boras, from Anglo-Norman boreis, from Medieval Latin baurach (“borax”), from Arabic بَوْرَق (bawraq), from Middle Persian [script needed] (*būrag).

Noun

bórás m (genitive singular bóráis)

1. (inorganic chemistry) borax

Declension

Declension of bórás

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative bórás Vocative a bhóráis Genitive bóráis Dative bórás

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an bórás Genitive an bhóráis Dative leis an mbórás don bhórás

Derived terms

• bórásach (“boracic”)
• cnapbhórás m (“borax bead”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bórás	bhórás	mbórás
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bórás”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN