biorbheannach

Irish

biorbheannach

Etymology

From bior (“point, tip, spike”) +‎ binn (“horn”) +‎ -ach.

Noun

biorbheannach m (genitive singular biorbheannaigh, nominative plural biorbheannaigh)

1. pronghorn, Antilocapra americana

Declension

Declension of biorbheannach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative biorbheannach biorbheannaigh Vocative a bhiorbheannaigh a bhiorbheannacha Genitive biorbheannaigh biorbheannach Dative biorbheannach biorbheannaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an biorbheannach na biorbheannaigh Genitive an bhiorbheannaigh na mbiorbheannach Dative leis an mbiorbheannach don bhiorbheannach leis na biorbheannaigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
biorbheannach	bhiorbheannach	mbiorbheannach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “pronghorn+antelope”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024