borgaire

Irish

Alternative forms

• burgaire

Etymology

Borrowed from English burger; synchronically, borg +‎ -aire.

Noun

borgaire m (genitive singular borgaire, nominative plural borgairí)

1. Synonym of buirgéiseach (“burgess”)
2. hamburger

Declension

Declension of borgaire

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative borgaire borgairí Vocative a bhorgaire a bhorgairí Genitive borgaire borgairí Dative borgaire borgairí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an borgaire na borgairí Genitive an bhorgaire na mborgairí Dative leis an mborgaire don bhorgaire leis na borgairí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
borgaire	bhorgaire	mborgaire
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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