bóireach

Irish

Etymology

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Adjective

bóireach (genitive singular masculine bóirigh, genitive singular feminine bóirí, plural bóireacha, comparative bóirí)

1. (geography, geology) boreal

Declension

Declension of bóireach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
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

• tuaisceartach

Mutation

Irish mutation
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

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