biorach
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Irish[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Irish birach, berach (“pointed, sharp; having pointed ears, horned”); synchronically, bior (“pointed rod or shaft; spit, spike; point”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective[edit]
biorach (genitive singular masculine bioraigh, genitive singular feminine bioraí, plural bioracha, comparative bioraí)
Declension[edit]
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | biorach | biorach¹ | bioracha³ | |
Vocative | bioraigh¹ | biorach¹ | bioracha | |
Genitive | bioraigh¹ | bioraí (obsolete) bioraighe |
bioracha | biorach |
Dative | biorach² | biorach¹ (archaic) bioraigh¹ |
bioracha³ | |
Comparative | bioraí (obsolete) bioraighe |
¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Noun[edit]
biorach m (genitive singular bioraigh, nominative plural bioraigh)
- sharp, tricky, person
- (card games) trick-winning card
Declension[edit]
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms[edit]
- biorach lodáin (“stickleback”)
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun 1[edit]
biorach f (genitive singular bioraí, nominative plural bioracha)
- Alternative form of bearach (“muzzle; cone-like aperture of lobster-pot”)
Declension[edit]
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Noun 2[edit]
biorach m (genitive singular bioraigh, nominative plural bioraigh)
- Alternative form of bearach (“heifer, young cow”)
Declension[edit]
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
biorach | bhiorach | mbiorach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- "biorach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “berach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- Entries containing “biorach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “biorach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Scottish Gaelic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish birach, berach (“pointed, sharp; having pointed ears, horned”); synchronically, bior + -ach.
Adjective[edit]
biorach (comparative bioraiche)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Mutation[edit]
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
biorach | bhiorach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- “berach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- Irish terms inherited from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish adjectives suffixed with -ach
- Irish nouns suffixed with -ach
- Irish lemmas
- Irish adjectives
- Irish nouns
- ga:Card games
- Irish first-declension nouns
- Irish second-declension nouns
- ga:People
- Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic words suffixed with -ach
- Scottish Gaelic lemmas
- Scottish Gaelic adjectives