borr
Irish
Etymology 1
Noun
borr m (genitive singular borr)
- Alternative form of borradh
Declension
Declension of borr
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- i mborr le (“puffed up with”)
Etymology 2
From Old Irish borr (“swelling; swollen, thick”).
Adjective
borr (genitive singular masculine boirr, genitive singular feminine boirre, plural borra, comparative boirre)
Declension
Declension of borr
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | borr | bhorr | borra; bhorra² | |
Vocative | bhoirr | borra | ||
Genitive | boirre | borra | borr | |
Dative | borr; bhorr¹ |
bhorr; bhoirr (archaic) |
borra; bhorra² | |
Comparative | níos boirre | |||
Superlative | is boirre |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Etymology 3
From Old Irish borraid (“swells, becomes swollen, bloated”, verb), from borr.
Verb
borr (present analytic borrann, future analytic borrfaidh, verbal noun borradh, past participle borrtha)
Conjugation
conjugation of borr (first conjugation – A)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
borr | bhorr | mborr |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “borr”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “borr”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “borraid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “borr”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “borr”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Swedish
Noun
borr c
- a drill (tool used to make holes)
- Synonym: (power drill) borrmaskin
Declension
Declension of borr | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | borr | borren | borrar | borrarna |
Genitive | borrs | borrens | borrars | borrarnas |
Related terms
- borra (“to drill”)
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- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
- Irish masculine nouns
- Irish fourth-declension nouns
- Irish terms inherited from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish adjectives
- Irish literary terms
- Irish verbs
- Irish transitive verbs
- Irish intransitive verbs
- Irish first-conjugation verbs of class A
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns