bórásach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From bórás (“borax”) + -ach (adjectival ending).
Adjective
[edit]bórásach (genitive singular masculine bórásaigh, genitive singular feminine bórásaí, plural bórásacha, not comparable)
Declension
[edit]Declension of bórásach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | bórásach | bhórásach | bórásacha; bhórásacha² | |
Vocative | bhórásaigh | bórásacha | ||
Genitive | bórásaí | bórásacha | bórásach | |
Dative | bórásach; bhórásach¹ |
bhórásach; bhórásaigh (archaic) |
bórásacha; bhórásacha² | |
Comparative | níos bórásaí | |||
Superlative | is bórásaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
bórásach | bhórásach | mbórásach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bórásach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN