borrúlacht

Irish

Etymology

From borrúil (“rich; fast-growing; go-ahead, enterprising; puffy”, adjective) +‎ -acht (nominal suffix).

Noun

borrúlacht f (genitive singular borrúlachta)

1. growth, expansion
2. enterprise
3. puffiness

Declension

Declension of borrúlacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative borrúlacht Vocative a bhorrúlacht Genitive borrúlachta Dative borrúlacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an bhorrúlacht Genitive na borrúlachta Dative leis an mborrúlacht don bhorrúlacht

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
borrúlacht	bhorrúlacht	mborrúlacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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