boirdréis

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

boirdréis f (genitive singular boirdréise)

1. embroidery
2. fringe

Declension

Declension of boirdréis

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative boirdréis Vocative a bhoirdréis Genitive boirdréise Dative boirdréis

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an bhoirdréis Genitive na boirdréise Dative leis an mboirdréis don bhoirdréis

Derived terms

• boirdréis mná (“gaudily-dressed woman”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
boirdréis	bhoirdréis	mboirdréis
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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