Bórach

See also: bórách

Irish

Etymology

From Afrikaans boer (“farmer”) + -ach.

Adjective

Bórach (genitive singular masculine Bóraigh, genitive singular feminine Bóraí, plural Bóracha, not comparable)

1. Boer

Declension

Declension of Bórach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	Bórach	Bhórach	Bóracha; Bhóracha²
Vocative	Bhóraigh		Bóracha
Genitive		Bóraí	Bóracha	Bórach
Dative	Bórach; Bhórach¹	Bhórach; Bhóraigh (archaic)	Bóracha; Bhóracha²
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

Bórach m (genitive singular Bóraigh, nominative plural Bóraigh)

1. Boer

Declension

Declension of Bórach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative Bórach Bóraigh Vocative a Bhóraigh a Bhóracha Genitive Bóraigh Bórach Dative Bórach Bóraigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an Bórach na Bóraigh Genitive an Bhóraigh na mBórach Dative leis an mBórach don Bhórach leis na Bóraigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Bórach	Bhórach	mBórach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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