bórásach

Irish

Etymology

From bórás (“borax”) +‎ -ach (adjectival ending).

Adjective

bórásach (genitive singular masculine bórásaigh, genitive singular feminine bórásaí, plural bórásacha, not comparable)

1. (inorganic chemistry) boracic

Declension

Declension of bórásach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	bórásach	bhórásach	bórásacha; bhórásacha²
Vocative	bhórásaigh		bórásacha
Genitive		bórásaí	bórásacha	bórásach
Dative	bórásach; bhórásach¹	bhórásach; bhórásaigh (archaic)	bórásacha; bhórásacha²
Comparative	níos bórásaí
Superlative	is bórásaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bórásach	bhórásach	mbórásach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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