Boirneoch
Irish
editEtymology
editBoirneo (“Borneo”) + -ach (adjectival suffix)
Adjective
editBoirneoch (genitive singular masculine Boirneoigh, genitive singular feminine Boirneoiche, plural Boirneocha, not comparable)
Declension
editDeclension of Boirneoch
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | Boirneoch | Bhoirneoch | Boirneocha; Bhoirneocha² | |
Vocative | Bhoirneoigh | Boirneocha | ||
Genitive | Boirneoiche | Boirneocha | Boirneoch | |
Dative | Boirneoch; Bhoirneoch¹ |
Bhoirneoch; Bhoirneoigh (archaic) |
Boirneocha; Bhoirneocha² | |
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
editBoirneoch m (genitive singular Boirneoigh, nominative plural Boirneoigh)
Declension
editDeclension of Boirneoch
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
Boirneoch | Bhoirneoch | mBoirneoch |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Boirneoch”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN