bóireach
Irish
editEtymology
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Adjective
editbóireach (genitive singular masculine bóirigh, genitive singular feminine bóirí, plural bóireacha, comparative bóirí)
Declension
editDeclension of bóireach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | bóireach | bhóireach | bóireacha; bhóireacha² | |
Vocative | bhóirigh | bóireacha | ||
Genitive | bóirí | bóireacha | bóireach | |
Dative | bóireach; bhóireach¹ |
bhóireach; bhóirigh (archaic) |
bóireacha; bhóireacha² | |
Comparative | níos bóirí | |||
Superlative | is bóirí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Synonyms
editMutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
bóireach | bhóireach | mbóireach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bóireach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN