borrúil
Irish
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editEtymology
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Adjective
editborrúil (genitive singular masculine borrúil, genitive singular feminine borrúla, plural borrúla, comparative borrúla)
- rich (of soil)
- fast-growing (of plants)
- go-ahead, enterprising (of persons)
- puffy
Declension
editDeclension of borrúil
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | borrúil | bhorrúil | borrúla; bhorrúla² | |
Vocative | bhorrúil | borrúla | ||
Genitive | borrúla | borrúla | borrúil | |
Dative | borrúil; bhorrúil¹ |
bhorrúil | borrúla; bhorrúla² | |
Comparative | níos borrúla | |||
Superlative | is borrúla |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
edit- borrúlacht f (“growth, expansion; enterprise; puffiness”)
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
borrúil | bhorrúil | mborrúil |
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) “borrúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN